10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIVETLIKE»
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Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of ...
The former were civetlike insectivorous/omnivorous hyaenids, with generalized,
civetlike dentition displaying a full set of premolars and molars. The postcranial
skeleton indicates the retention of arboreal adaptations, such as retractable
claws, ...
Jordi Agusti, Mauricio Anton, 2013
2
Behaviour of Wolves Dogs and Related Canids
He traces the ancestry back toMiacis, asmall, civetlike carnivorous mammal,with
short legs and longbody, which lived Some forty million years ago(Eocene
Oligocene transition). Civets are direct descendants ofthisanimal. During
theOligocene ...
3
The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
Thefeetare large, with five heavilypadded toes. Shoulders are higher thanthe
hindquarters. Genealogy: The earliest hyaenids emerged from a civetlike
viverridstock over 25 million years ago in Africa orEurasia. They possibly began
as an Old ...
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
n. Mongoloid or mongoloid person. mon'goose /mOnggo_os/ n. (pl. mon'goos'es
or mon-geese) small flesh-eating civetlike mammals. mon'grel /munggral, mOng
—/ - n. dog or other animal or plant of mixed breed. - adj. of mixed origin, nature,
...
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Outlines of Botany: Designed for Schools and Colleges
Durio zibethinus, the Durian, yields an edible fruit with a civetlike odour. Nat. Ord.
32.—-Brrrnnnrsonm, the Chocolate order (Fig. 452).—-Trees, shrubs, and
undershrubs, with simple leaves, resembling the Sterculiaceae and Malvaceae,
but ...
John Hutton Balfour, 1862
... CITY CITYFIED CITYSCAPE CITYSCAPES CITYWARD CITYWIDE CIVET
CIVETLIKE CIVETS CIVIC CIVICALLY CIVICISM CIVICISMS CIVICS CIVIE
CIVIES CIVIL CIVILIAN CIVILIANIZATION CIVILIANIZATIONS CIVILIANIZE
CIVILIANIZED ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
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The Oxford American Minidictionary
... of a specified sum, issued by a bank or post office. monoger /'meNGgsr/ n.
dealer; trader; promoter: wormorrger: mon~goose /'ma'n,g®s/ n. (pl. mon.
goosoes or men-geese) small flesheating civetlike mammals. monogrel /'
maNGgrel/ ...
Oxford University Press, Erin McKean, 2004
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Webster's New World Dictionary
1 a member of the Mongoloid population of human beings 2 [often m-] [Old-
fashioned] one affected with Down syndrome mon-goose (man'goos') n., pi. -
goos es I< native name in India] a civetlike Old World carnivore that kills snakes,
rodents, ...
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Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Robert Southey (Illustrated):
“What bringstheehither? thou shouldest have a hut “By some Saint's grave
beside thepublic way, “There to lessknowing fools “Retail thyKoran scraps, “And
inthy turn,die civetlike atlast “In the dungperfume ofthy sanctity!... “Ye whom I seek
! that ...
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The Great White Bear: A Natural and Unnatural History of the ...
Those progenitors, the miacids, were civetlike creatures, with long bodies and
tails, that were likely mostly arboreal and probably fed primarily on insects and
insect-eating animals like shrews. The Carnivora evolved from the miacids ...
