“viverra”的英英意思

单词	viverra
释义	‖ viverra Zool.|vɪˈvɛrə, vaɪ-| [L. viverra ferret.] †a. The ferret. Obs. b. The civet-cat (Viverra civetta), or other species of the type-genus of the civet family (Viverridæ). Also attrib. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Viverra, the Ferret, a little Creature that runs into the Burroughs of Rabbits.1772–84Cook's Voy. (1790) I. 217 Of quadrupedes, there are goats, wolves, pole-cats, a spotted animal of the viverra kind, and several kinds of serpents.1813Prichard Phys. Hist. Man iii. §3. 113 Of the Viverra family.1815Kirby & Sp. Entomol. ix. (1817) I. 280 Another species of Viverra (V. prehensilis) is also reputed to be an eager insect-hunter.

　

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