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Small wonder that the word hermaphroditus appears in many medieval Latin texts with the meaning "eunuch."
Not Bisexual D'Epiro, Peter 2001
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Other mammals include binturong Arctictis binturong, anteater Manis javanicus, oriental small-clawed otter Amblonyx cinerea, palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, oriental civet Viverra tangalunga and crab eating macaque Maccaca fasicularis.
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines 2008
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Link: Coffee and Conservation: Kopi luwak. kopi luwak, the coffee that is "processed" in the digestive tract of a civet cat (usually Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).
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Link: Coffee and Conservation: Kopi luwak. kopi luwak, the coffee that is "processed" in the digestive tract of a civet cat (usually Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).
unbillable hours: 2006
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Link: Coffee and Conservation: Kopi luwak. kopi luwak, the coffee that is "processed" in the digestive tract of a civet cat (usually Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).
Food and Drink 2006
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Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee cherries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus .
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee cherries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus .
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The world's rarest, most prized, and most expensive coffee is Kopi Luwak, which owes its distinctive "earthy, musty, syrupy, smooth and rich flavor, with both jungle and chocolate undertones" to its passage through the bowels of the Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus.
Archive 2005-05-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005
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The world's rarest, most prized, and most expensive coffee is Kopi Luwak, which owes its distinctive "earthy, musty, syrupy, smooth and rich flavor, with both jungle and chocolate undertones" to its passage through the bowels of the Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus.
Gastronomy Domine I* Douglas Hoffman 2005
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None other than the civet, although in this case we're talking about the Indonesian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) rather than its perfume-ingredient-producing cousins (Viverra civetta and Viverra zibetha).
mollusque commented on the word hermaphroditus
Hermaphroditus struggled to free himself from the tenacious grip of the water nymph, ladies and gentleman. But Salamacis was too strong. So unbridled was her lust that the two became one. Their bodies fused, male into female, female into male. Behold the god Hermaphroditus!
—Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002, Middlesex, p. 491
August 17, 2008