Paguma (paguma)

[NL. (J. E. Gray, 1864); a made word.] 1. A genus of palm-cats or paradoxures of the family Viverridæ and subfamily Paradoxurinæ, having a short sectorial tooth. Several species inhabit Asia and some of the adjoining islands. The best-known is the masked pagume, larvata, of a grayish-brown color, with black feet and head, the latter marked with a white frontal streak and white rings around the eyes. P. leucomystax inhabits Sumatra and Borneo. 2. [l. c.] An animal of this genus; a pagume. pagume (pā'gūm), n. A member of the genus 4. [ cap.] [NL.] In zoöl., a genus of mollusks. Paguma: same as palm - cat. Aga iz , 1837. pagoda-sleevet (pa-go'da-slēv), n. Same as pagode , 2. pagoda-stone (pa-gōʻdä-ston), n. A limestone found in China inclosing numerous fo il ortho- ceratites, whose septa when cut present a re- the fo ils are engendered in the rock by the shadows of semblance to a pagoda. The Chinese believe that the pagodas that stand above them. pagoda-tree (pa-gō'dä-trē), n. One of several trees so called in allusion to their form. That of Japan and China is Sophora Japonica ; that of India, Fi- cus Indica , also Plumeria a cut i folia , a tree with fragrant pagurian (pā-gū'ri-an), a. and n., [ II. n. A member of the genus Pagurus ; a hermit-crab. Paguridæ (pā-gū'ri-dē), n. pl. [NL., See hermit -crab, and cuts under cancrisocial, Eupagurus, and Paguroidea. Paguridea (pag-u-rid'ē-ä), n. pl. [NL.] Same as Paguroidea.