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Webster 1913 Edition
Rasse
Rasse
(răs)
, Noun.
[Cf. Malay
rāsa
taste, sensation.] (Zool.)
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
.