linsang

linsang [lin-sang] ExamplesWord Origin noun

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.

Origin of linsang First recorded in 1880–85, linsang is from the Javanese word lingsang Examples from the Web for linsang Historical Examples of linsang

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

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia

Frank Evers Beddard

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

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

Robert A. Sterndale

British Dictionary definitions for linsang linsang noun

1. any of several forest-dwelling viverrine mammals, Poiana richardsoni of W Africa or either of the two species of Prionodon of S Asia: closely related to the genets, having a very long tail and a spotted or banded coat of thick fur

Word Origin for linsang C19: Malay