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Miacis

noun
Mi·​a·​cis | \ ˈmīəsə̇s, mīˈās-\

Definition of Miacis

: the type genus of Miacidae comprising short-legged long-tailed arboreal carnivores comparable in form to the civets and probably ancestral to Cynodictis

History and Etymology for Miacis

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