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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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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