tangalung

noun

tan·​ga·​lung

təŋˈgäləŋ

plural -s

: a long-muzzled civet (Viverra tangalunga) that is dark gray with longitudinal black stripes more or less broken into spots and is widely distributed in the East Indies

Word History

Etymology

Malay těnggalong

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