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civet

[ UK /sˈa‍ɪvət/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪvət/ ]
NOUN
  1. cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes

How To Use civet In A Sentence

  • Other notable mammals include carnivores, such as leopard Panthera pardus, wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus (VU), leopard cat Felis bengalensis, fishing cat F. viverrina (LR), Javan mongoose Herpestes javanicus and several civets, including binturong Arctictis binturong. Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia
  • What's remarkable is how remarkably filthy the drydown smells on my skin, not animalic-filthy like musk or civet but more like mineral-rooty-filthy...whatever it is in the inoffensive-sounding base of vanilla, amber, marron glace ! and sandalwood that makes it smell up to good I do not know. Tom Ford Champaca Absolute: Perfume Review
  • Other mammals include binturong Arctictis binturong, anteater Manis javanicus, oriental small-clawed otter Amblonyx cinerea, palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, oriental civet Viverra tangalunga and crab eating macaque Maccaca fasicularis. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines
  • In the sixteenth century, for example, pungent animal scents such as musk and civet were very popular.
  • On behalf of all civet cats I have to register a protest.
  • The city guard sallied out and drove away the Crusaders, but the Franks returned to Civetot laden with booty and regaling everyone with tales of their great ‘victory.’
  • Musk, ambergris, civet, violet, tubereuse, and jasmine, if we require to retain their true aroma when in solution in alcohol, must be made with the British spirit. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
  • `His breath smells worse than asafoetida, and the grease he uses on his moustaches stinks like a civet cat on heat. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
  • Burrows which have been abandoned may be used for shelter by bats, ground squirrels, hares, cats, civets, hyenas, jackals, porcupines, monitor lizards, owls and warthogs.
  • France also has a number of complex daube and civet recipes for hare.
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