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Webster 1913 Edition
Linsang
Lin-sang′
(lĭn-säng′)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
Any viverrine mammal of the genus
Prionodon
, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (Prionodon gracilis
) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii
) is brown with black spots. Definition 2024
linsang
linsang
English
Noun
linsang (plural linsangs)
- Any of the members of two superficially catlike Asian animal species classified in the mammalian family Prionodontidae.
- Any of the members of two superficially catlike African animal species classified in the mammalian family Viverridae.
Hyponyms
- (Asian animals in Prionodontidae): banded linsang (Prionodon linsang), delundung; spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor)
- (African animals in Viverridae): Leighton's linsang (Poiana leightoni); African linsang, oyan (Poiana richardsonii)