Paradoxure

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paradoxure \Par`a*dox"ure\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks"[-u]r), n. [Gr.
     para`doxos incredible, paradoxical + o'yra` tail. So called
     because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which
     it was supposed to be related.] (Zool.)
     Any species of {Paradoxurus}, a genus of Asiatic viverrine
     mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or


     palm cat ({Paradoxurus hermaphroditus}). See {Musang}.
     [1913 Webster]