family viverrinae

1. 1.

   genets; civets; mongooses

   SynonymsViverridaefamily ViverridaeViverrinae

   Broadermammal family

   Part ofCarnivora

Questions about family viverrinae

What does family viverrinae mean?

family viverrinae means "genets; civets; mongooses".

What is another word for family viverrinae?

Close synonyms include Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family viverrinae a common word?

family viverrinae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.