linsang

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linsang (plural linsangs)

1. Any of the members of two catlike Asian animal species classified in the mammalian family Prionodontidae.
2. Any of the members of two superficially catlike African animal species classified in the mammalian family Viverridae.

• (Asian animals in Prionodontidae): Asiatic linsang, banded linsang (Prionodon linsang), delundung; spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor)
• (African animals in Viverridae): Leighton's linsang (Poiana leightoni); African linsang, oyan (Poiana richardsonii)

• Anglins, Lanings, Lansing, lignans

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linsang m (plural linsangs)

1. linsang

   Synonym: prionodontidé

   Hypernym: féliforme

• “linsang”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• “linsang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012