Definitions for linsangs

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linsangs lin·sang

Spelling: [lin-sang]

IPA: /ˈlɪn sæŋ/

Linsangs is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in linsangs (agilnnss).

Definitions for linsangs

noun

1. any of several civetlike carnivores of the genera Prionodon, of the East Indies, and Poiana, of Africa, having retractile claws and a long tail: some East Indies linsangs are endangered.

Origin of linsangs

First recorded in 1880-85, linsang is from the Javanese word lingsang

Examples for linsangs

Prionodon or linsang differs from the last two genera in the loss of an upper molar.

This is a very curious animal, which, like the panda and the linsang, at first misled naturalists in assigning it a place.