(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.
Musk
Definition:
(n.) A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.
(n.) The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).
(n.) The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.
(n.) The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).
(n.) A plant of the genus Erodium (E. moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill.
(n.) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
(v. t.) To perfume with musk.
Example Sentences:
(1) If this is the only issue, flight would be fine, but need to make sure that it isn’t symptomatic of a more significant upstream root cause.” Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Btw, 99% likely to be fine (closed loop TVC wd overcome error), but that 1% chance isn't worth rolling the dice.
(2) Musk revealed his love for Kerbal Space Program in a Q&A in Reddit , joking (or maybe not?)
(3) Musk declared the spacecraft a big leap forward in technology.
(4) Musk shrews (Suncus murinus) were maintained for 8 weeks in long (16 h light:8 h darkness) or short (8 h light:16 h darkness) daylengths.
(5) Mating experiments indicated that the kinky-coat character is controlled by a single autosomal recessive gene designated kc (kinky coat), which is not allelic to the gene ch (curly hair) previously reported in the Tr strain derived from wild musk shrews on Taramajima Island, Japan.
(6) Successful photosensitization was achieved only when the nuchal skin was stripped with scotch tape before application of musk ambrette and ultraviolet radiation.
(7) The company’s exuberant chief operating officer, Bibop Gresta (who also takes the title “chief bibop officer”) listed all the ways his plan built on Musk’s.
(8) Chaffin’s sources say that, even as Elon Musk’s electronic car firm Tesla Motors is stealing away record numbers of employees from Apple , the house the Steves built is hiring Tesla employees right back – and specifically, “the kind of people from Tesla with expertise that is most suited to cars”.
(9) Musk said the software was progressing, but that he had run into difficulties on the road in California.
(10) The histochemical study of the Ear of female Suncus murinus (Indian musk shrew) was studied by the use of the cholinesterase technique.
(11) A substantial improvement in the rate of detection of organic lesions affecting the olfactory pathway can be achieved by substituting odours such as musk ketone, exaltolide, linalyl acetate and coumarin for those in current use.
(12) Speaking in at an event in San Francisco , Musk, who is expected to unveil the new Tesla D car later on Thursday, rejected the idea.
(13) 1, the time course for the photoperiodic response in juvenile male musk shrews was examined by exposing animals to short (10L:14D) or long (14L:10D or 18L:6D) daylengths for 10, 20, 40 or 56 days.
(14) Trump may have missed Dimon’s buried critique, but he won’t have missed Dimon’s signature alongside fellow councilmembers Musk and Iger, who joined a total of 30 other business leaders in sending a letter to the president that begins: “We are writing to express our strong support for the United States remaining in the Paris climate agreement.” “Based on our vast experience doing business all over the world, we believe there is strong potential for negative trade implications if the United States exits from the Paris agreement,” they wrote.
(15) The most frequent positive reactions were to chlorpromazine (13 patients), musk ambrette (nine patients), and promethazine (eight patients).
(16) Musk said last month that the Model 3 would be unveiled next spring, with production to begin in 2017.
(17) Only ACB produced classical musk-like UAO (UAO + ve) in an in vitro odour-producing system with 29% being UAO -ve.
(18) Genetically conditioned polymorphism of alpha-amylases in musk ducks, domestic ones and their hybrids has been described.
(19) Tesla Model-S launch: an electric car to answer even Clarkson's objections Read more Elon Musk’s Tesla has shown that electric vehicles are viable for a business with its Roadster and then Model S , which recently gained a faster dual-motor version with an “insane mode” which reaches 60 miles per hour in under 3.2 seconds.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk introduces the Model X.