English Explanatory Dictionary

paradoxure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of the species of genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.

Word forms

paradoxure paradoxures

Etymology

Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “incredible, paradoxical”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.

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