Paradoxure Definition

noun

(zoology) Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.

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Other Word Forms of Paradoxure

Noun

Singular:
paradoxure
Plural:
paradoxures

Origin of Paradoxure

  • Ancient Greek παράδοξος (paradoxos, “incredible, paradoxical”) + οὐρά (oura, “tail”). So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.

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