Definition of cat
Nouns
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
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- true cat
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Felis catus, Felis domesticus, domestic cat, house cat
any domesticated member of the genus Felis
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kitty, kitty-cat, puss, pussy, pussycat
informal terms referring to a domestic cat
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mouser
a cat proficient at mousing
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alley cat
a homeless cat
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tom, tomcat
male cat
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queen, tabby
female cat
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tabby, tabby cat
a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
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tiger cat
a cat having a striped coat
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calico cat, tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell-cat
a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
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Persian cat
a long-haired breed of cat
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Angora, Angora cat
a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat
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Siamese, Siamese cat
a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip
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Burmese cat
a short-haired breed with body similar to the Siamese cat but having a solid dark brown or grey coat
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Egyptian cat
a domestic cat of Egypt
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Maltese, Maltese cat
a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat
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Abyssinian, Abyssinian cat
a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat
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Manx, Manx cat
a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man
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wildcat
any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
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sand cat
a desert wildcat
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European wildcat, Felis silvestris, catamountain
bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
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Felis concolor, catamount, cougar, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma
large American feline resembling a lion
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Felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat
nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
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Felis yagouaroundi, eyra, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
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Felis ocreata, caffer cat, kaffir cat
widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
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Felis chaus, jungle cat
small Asiatic wildcat
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Felis serval, serval
slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
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Felis bengalensis, leopard cat
small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia
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Felis tigrina, tiger cat
medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat
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Felis wiedi, margay, margay cat
small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil
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Felis manul, Pallas's cat, manul
small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia
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catamount, lynx
short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
an informal term for a youth or man
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sod
an informal British term for a youth or man
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adult male, man
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
a spiteful woman gossip
"what a cat she is!"
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gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
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adult female, woman
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
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- African tea, Arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, quat
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excitant, stimulant, stimulant drug
a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
a whip with nine knotted cords
"British sailors feared the cat"
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- cat-o'-nine-tails
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whip
an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
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- Caterpillar
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tracked vehicle
a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
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Panthera pardus, leopard
large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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leopardess
female leopard
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panther
a leopard in the black color phase
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Panthera uncia, ounce, snow leopard
large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
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Felis onca, Panthera onca, jaguar, panther
a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
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Panthera leo, king of beasts, lion
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
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lion cub
a young lion
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lioness
a female lion
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lionet
a small or young lion
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Panthera tigris, tiger
large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
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tiger cub
a young tiger
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Bengal tiger
southern short-haired tiger
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tigress
a female tiger
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liger
offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
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tiglon, tigon
offspring of a male tiger and a female lion
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Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah, chetah
long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
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saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth
any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
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Smiledon californicus
North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development
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false saber-toothed tiger
North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
Vocabulary Lists for cat
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Clint Easwood - The New Yorker March 2010 (1) »(1536 words)
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