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linsang
CIDE DICTIONARY
linsang, n.
Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon , inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (Prionodon gracilis ) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii ) is brown with black spots. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
linsang, n. any of various civet-like cats, esp. of the genus Poiana of Africa.
Etymology
Jav.
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