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}.
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