paradoxure

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noun

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

OriginAncient Greek παράδοξος →
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Meanings

nounparadoxure (plural paradoxures)

plural paradoxures

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

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαράδοξος“incredible, paradoxical”
  2. Englishparadoxure

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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paradoxure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradoxure

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“paradoxure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradoxure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paradoxure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradoxure.

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