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viverrid definition

vi·ver·rid (vī ver′id)

noun

any of a family (Viverridae) of small, slender carnivores, including the civets and mongooses

Etymology: < L viverra, a ferret < redupl. of IE base *wer- > Pers vavrarah, OPrus weware, OE (ac)weorna, squirrel + -idae

adjective

of or belonging to this family
Also viverrine vi·ver′·rine (vī ver′īn, -in)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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