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Definition of Rasse
1. n. A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet.
Definition of Rasse
1. a small civet [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rasse
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rasse
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Literary usage of Rasse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chronicles of England, France, Spain, Etc. by Jean Froissart (1908)
"rasse instantly collected 6000 men, and set out to Gavre; however, ... rasse overtook
him at Deynse, and when they had united their forces they marched ..."
2. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal, Georg Thieme (1896)
"... innerhalb einer rasse keine höher oder niedriger organisierter Individuen
repräsentieren können, indem die Schwankungen in diesem Fall belanglos sind. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"The ears are ten lines distant in the rasse, and two inches in the Zibetha; this
character gives a very different physiognomy to the two animals. ..."
4. Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries: From the by Jean Froissart (1839)
"... and he manifested that day his willingness to engage, as I shall presently
relate to you. Greatly was the earl rejoiced when he saw rasse de ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"This is the rasse of the Javanese, who term the otó rous secretion dedes ...
The head is regularly attenuated «fid « shaped in the rasse: in the ..."
6. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"Javanica, and Viverra rasse. Of the first, the Ltiu-ak of the Javanese, Musang-hulan
of the Malays, he says, that it so nearly resembles the Viverra genetta ..."
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