Cryptoprocta ferox

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Cryptoprocta ferox
    n 1: largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some
         respects between cats and civets [syn: {fossa}, {fossa
         cat}, {Cryptoprocta ferox}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Foussa \Fous"sa\, n. [Natibe name.] (Zool.)
   A viverrine animal of Madagascar ({Cryptoprocta ferox}). It
   resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws.
   [1913 Webster]

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