vīˈverə, və̇ˈv- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, ferret; akin to Old English āc weorna squirrel, Old High German eihh urno, eihh orno, Old Norse īk orni, Lithuanian vaiverė̃, voverė̃ squirrel, vaiverìs male polecat, male marten, Czech vaverka squirrel
: a genus (the type of the family Viverridae) of civets comprising the common large civet ( V. zibetha ) of India and southeastern Asia