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Meanings of civet in English
Russian
африканская цивета Portuguese
civeta africana Spanish
civettictis civetta Catalan
civeta africana 
Largest representative of the African Viverridae.
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Glandular secretion produced by both sexes of the civet cat, for use in perfumery.
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Usage of civet in English
1
Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
2
A thick hot smell of bitter almond, civet, cumin, wormseed and orris!
3
We are not talking about just civet cats, but all animals, he added.
4
There are also many civet-cats, and all sorts of fruit as in China.
5
It has many civet-cats, and produces, the noblest elephants in all the east.
6
Besides that, it is this island only that abounds in civet and cinnamon.
7
Then when they have obtained the civet, they loose the cats.
8
The stuff made from beans eaten by a civet and then pooped out?'
9
The musk-deer and the civet-cat are never found in company.
10
Rub the civet with the various ottos, mix, and beat in the usual manner.
11
The civet is only used to give permanence to the perfume of the handkerchief.
12
The civet was evidently the thief for the cook boxes were not bothered again.
13
Paradoxurus fasciatus; a civet cat, very common over a large part of the Archipelago.
14
SARS was thought to have crossed to humans from civet cats sold for food.
15
Then it must have been a Zibet, a specie not unlike the American civet.
16
But it is very improper for such a soldier to smear himself with civet.
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