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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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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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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
