霊れい猫びょうれいびょうMeanings1nouncivet catrare termRare term for civet cat; more commonly referred to as 麝香猫 (じゃこうねこ) in modern Japanese.See also: 麝香猫「霊れい猫びょう」は麝じゃ香こう猫ねこの別べつ名めいとして古ふるい文ぶん献けんに見みられることがある。The term 霊猫 can be found in old documents as another name for the civet cat.