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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
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