Definition of Ictonyx

1. Noun. A genus of Mustelidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ictonyx
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae
Member holonyms: Ictonyx Striata, Striped Muishond, Ictonyx Frenata, Zoril

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ictonyx

Ichthyosauridae
Ichyostega
Icke
Ictalurus
Ictalurus punctatus
Icteria
Icteria virens
Icteridae
Icterus galbula
Icterus galbula bullockii
Icterus galbula galbula
Icterus spurius
Ictiobus
Ictiobus niger
Ictodosauria
Ictonyx
Ictonyx frenata
Ictonyx striata
Id al-Adha
Id al-Fitr
Ida
Ida'an
Idahan
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Idahoan
Idahoans
Idahos
Idalian
Idean

Literary usage of Ictonyx

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. East African Mammals in the United States National Museum by Ned Hollister (1918)
"All the recognizable forms will doubtless prove to be merely geographic races of the Cape species, Mellivora capensis.1 Genus ictonyx Kaup. 1835. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"... and he proposed that the African animal be called ictonyx ... but there is no question as to its identification with the Cape form of ictonyx. * Proc. ..."

3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1898)
"In the Libyan polecat (ictonyx Libyca) I found no trace of the muscle ; and afterwards ... in the badger and common polecat, close'y allied to ictonyx, ..."

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