cat vs civet

cat

noun
  • An animal of the family Felidae 

  • A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences. 

  • Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species. 

  • A prostitute. 

  • A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. 

  • A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed. 

  • A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers. 

  • A spiteful or angry woman. 

  • A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output. 

  • A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia. 

  • An enthusiast or player of jazz. 

  • A street name of the drug methcathinone. 

  • Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails. 

  • A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship. 

  • A person (usually male). 

  • Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.) 

verb
  • To go wandering at night. 

  • To vomit. 

  • To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead. 

  • To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails. 

  • To apply the cat command to (one or more files). 

  • To gossip in a catty manner. 

  • To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully. 

adj
  • Catastrophic; terrible, disastrous. 

civet

noun
  • Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae 

  • Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale. 

  • The musky perfume produced by the animal. 

  • A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail. 

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