paradoxure

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “incredible, paradoxical”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.

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Noun

paradoxure (plural paradoxures)

  1. Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.
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