Etymology

viverrid

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Today it means: Any member of the family Viverridae Full definition →

Latin vīverra
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvīverra“ferret”
  2. English todayviverrid

From Latin vīverra (“ferret”) + -id.

Words from the same roots

Latinvīverra all →

viverraviverrine

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