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cat, true cat
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
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big cat, cat
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
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Felis catus, Felis domesticus, domestic cat, house cat
any domesticated member of the genus Felis
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wildcat
any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat 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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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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Panthera tigris, tiger
large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
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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
