MUSANG

Etymology

Noun

musang (plural musangs)

The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), of South and Southeast Asia up to the Wallace Line.

Synonyms

• Asian palm civet

• coffee rat

• toddy cat

Anagrams

• Gusman, Magnus, Maungs, mungas

Source: Wiktionary

Mu*sang", n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition