Meanings
nounbinturong (plural binturongs)
plural binturongs
- A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
Synonyms: Asian bearcat, bearcat, Palawan bearcat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounarboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair
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Origin
- Malaybinturung
- Malaybinturung
- Englishbinturong
Borrowed from Malay binturung.
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Chinese Mandarin 熊狸
- 熊狸 (xiónglí)species of civet
Dutch bintoerong, beermarter
- bintoerongspecies of civet
- beermarterspecies of civet
Finnish binturonki
- binturonkispecies of civet
Indonesian binturung
- binturungspecies of civet
Japanese ビントロング, 熊麝香猫
- ビントロング (bintorongu)species of civet
- 熊麝香猫 (kumajakōneko)species of civet
- 熊猫 (kumaneko)species of civet
Korean 빈투롱
- 빈투롱 (binturong)species of civet
Malay بنتوروڠ, موسڠ تورون
- بنتوروڠspecies of civet
- موسڠ تورونspecies of civet
- تنتورونspecies of civet
- benturungspecies of civet
- musang turunspecies of civet
- tenturunspecies of civet
Polish binturong
- binturongspecies of civet
Portuguese binturong
- binturongspecies of civet
Romanian binturong
- binturongspecies of civet
Russian бинтуро́нг
- бинтуро́нг (binturóng)species of civet
Spanish manturón
- manturónspecies of civet
Swedish binturong
- binturongspecies of civet
Thai หมีขอ
- หมีขอ (mǐi-kɔ̌ɔ)species of civet
Cite this entry
APA
binturong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binturong
MLA
“binturong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binturong. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “binturong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binturong.
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