paradoxure Meaning, Definition & Usage

Par`a*dox"ure noun
Etymology
Gr. incredible, paradoxical + tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913