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Meanings of genets in English

Russian
виверровые
Portuguese
viverrídeo
Spanish
viverroidea
Catalan
vivèrrids
Wikidata

Family of mammals.

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виверровые
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Examples for "civets"
Examples for "civets"
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In the case of SARS it was civets who copped the blame.
News.com.au
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Not nitro cold brewing or beans pooped out by civets, but genes.
Wired
3
On the third morning we found two civets in the traps.
Camps and Trails in China / A Narrative of Exploration, Adventur...
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It comes from beans taken from the droppings of these cat-like animals called civets.
BBC
5
Primitive weasels, civets, and hyaenas appear also in the Eocene.
The Story of Evolution
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Like other members of the Viverridae family, the binturong has scent glands, which are located just under its tail.
Wired
2
The binturong belongs to the Viverridae family, an ancient group of small- to medium-sized mammals found only in the Old World (eastern hemisphere).
Wired
Usage of genets in English
1
Whereupon, without saying anything, the genets faded out.
The Way of the Wild
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The two genets backed away, glad enough to be done with such a fiery, feathered fury.
The Way of the Wild
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Now the question came as the two genets arrived at the ground-wouldshe follow him, or would he have to follow her?
The Way of the Wild
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The Genets constitute a division of the civet-weasel tribe; and one of which there are numerous species.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for...
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Genets was quite right; the Mont over yonder was another country; even at the very beginning of the journey we learned so much.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns