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linsang

/lin-sang/US // ˈlɪn sæŋ //UK // (ˈlɪnsæŋ) //

林桑,琳琅满目,琳桑

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several civetlike carnivores of the genera Prionodon, of the East Indies, and Poiana, of Africa, having retractile claws and a long tail: some East Indies linsangs are endangered.

Examples

  • This is a very curious animal, which, like the panda and the linsang, at first misled naturalists in assigning it a place.

  • Prionodon or Linsang differs from the last two genera in the loss of an upper molar.