From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paradoxure \Par'a*dox"ure\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks"[-u]r), noun [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.] (Zo["o]l.) 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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