(n.) A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.
(n.) The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.
(v. t.) To scent or perfume with civet.
Example Sentences:
(1) From these findings, the present case was diagnosed as CD virus infection in a masked palm civet.
(2) Lateral thinking was needed to decipher old signs: Adam and Eve meant a fruiterer; a bugle’s horn, a post office; a unicorn, an apothecary’s; a spotted cat, a perfumer’s (since civet, a fashionable musky perfume, was scraped from the anal glands of African civet cats).
(3) A free-living masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) died after exhibiting signs of canine distemper (CD).
(4) HSBC Global Asset Management rolled out the first Civets investment fund earlier this year.
(5) But in this new era of the Brics and Mics , Civets and Mints , the major governments of the south are enjoying their newfound status as powerbrokers.
(6) A randomized series is currently in progress to determine a possible difference in the rates of pregnancy between CIVETE and the classic technique.
(7) The Sars virus was also tracked to bats, though it spread to humans via infected civet cats.
(8) With many developed markets still reeling from the credit crunch and subsequent recession, the Civets are being targeted as some of the countries most likely to deliver sustained growth.
(9) The difference to the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) and the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) is marked by 16 and 4 replacements in the alpha-chains and by 10 and 1 in the beta-chains, thus supporting the hyaenid character of the aardwolf.
(10) Growth in 2010 4.3% Median age 28 INDONESIA According to managers of the Civets fund at HSBC, Indonesia's primary attraction is its 'vast pool of educated manpower, giving it the lowest unit labour costs in the Asia-Pacific region'.
(11) Of 229 wild carnivores tested, 45% were seropositive, including 69% of 86 bobcats, 28% of 58 coyotes, 48% of 25 raccoons, 27% of 26 gray foxes, 22% of 32 striped skunks, a civet cat, and a mink.
(12) The recovery of six adult Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1936 from a civet cat, Prionodon linsang Hardwick, constitutes the second reported record of this parasite and the first authenticated case of adult worms found in a wild animal from Malaysia.
(13) The Civets – the acronym forms the name of a small nocturnal mammal – follows on from another group of emerging nations known as the "Brics": Brazil, Russia, India and China.
(14) A fatal case of acute pneumonia and septicemia that occurred in a captive civet kitten (Civettictis civetta) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria is reported.
(15) The following secretions of mammalian skin glands were subjected to a microbiological survey: the middle-abdominal glands of great and Mongolian gerbils, the preputial gland of musk deer, the perineal organ of African civet cat, the interdigital skin regions and interdigital glands of bison, European bison, European roe deer, and musk deer.
(16) Complete tick collections were made from a side-striped jackal (Canis adustus), 2 wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), a spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta), a several (Felis serval), 2 African civets (Civettictis civetta), 2 leopards (Panthera pardus) and a lion (Panthera leo) in the Kruger National Park in the north-eastern Transvaal.
(17) Sars is likely to have jumped to humans from palm civets sold in wet markets, and quickly spread to four continents.
(18) The primary structure of the alpha- and beta-chains of hemoglobin from the Masked Palm Civet (Paguma larvata, Viverridae) is described.
(19) Among these aborigines, 73% ate wild boar, 66% flying squirrel, 65% wild goat, 56% muntjac, 49% wild rats, 46% monkey, 38% hare, 20% civet-cats, 18% weasel, 17% pheasant, 14% squirrel, 4% grouse, 1% deer, 1% snake, less than 1% bamboo partridge, less than 1% frog, less than 1% bear, less than 1% dog, and less than 1% fox.
(20) On that occasion, civet cats – a popular delicacy in Chinese animal markets – were to blame; this time the animal reservoir is thought to be bats.