Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ZORILLA
Zo *ril "la, n. Etym: [Sp. zorilla, zorillo, dim. of zorra, zorro, a fox: cf. F. zorille.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks. [Written also zoril, and zorille.]
Note: The best-known species (Ictonyx zorilla ) has black shiny fur with white bands and spots. It has anal glands which produce a very offensive secretion, similar to that of the skunk. It feeds upon birds and their eggs and upon small mammals, and is often very destructive to poultry. It is sometimes tamed by the natives, and kept to destroy rats and mice. Called also mariput, Cape polecat, and African polecat. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the American skunk.
New American Oxford Dictionary
zorilla
zo ril la |zəˈrilə zəˈrɪlə |(also zoril or zorille |ˈzôril, ˈzär -|) ▶noun a black and white carnivorous mammal that resembles a skunk, inhabiting arid regions of southern Africa. Also called striped polecat. [Ictonyx striatus, family Mustelidae. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via French from Spanish zorrilla, diminutive of zorro ‘fox. ’
Oxford Dictionary
zorilla
zorilla |zɒˈrɪlə | ▶noun a black and white carnivorous mammal that resembles a skunk, inhabiting arid regions of southern Africa. Also called striped polecat. ●Ictonyx striatus, family Mustelidae. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via French from Spanish zorrilla, diminutive of zorro ‘fox ’.
Duden Dictionary
Zorilla
Zo ril la Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, feminin , der oder die |Zor i lla |der Zorilla; Genitiv: des Zorillas, Plural: die Zorillas (auch: die Zorilla; Genitiv: der Zorilla, Plural: die -s ) spanisch schwarz-weißer afrikanischer Marder Bandiltis
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