big cat

/bɪg kæt/

/bɪg kæt/

Other forms: big cats

Definitions of big cat

1. noun

   any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
   synonyms: cat

   types:

   Panthera pardus, leopard

   large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots

   Panthera uncia, ounce, snow leopard

   large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

   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

   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

   Panthera tigris, tiger

   large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

   liger

   offspring of a male lion and a female tiger

   tiglon, tigon

   offspring of a male tiger and a female lion

   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

   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

   lion cub

   a young lion

   tiger cub

   a young tiger

   leopardess

   female leopard

   panther

   a leopard in the black color phase

   lioness

   a female lion

   lionet

   a small or young lion

   Bengal tiger

   southern short-haired tiger

   tigress

   a female tiger

   Smiledon californicus

   North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development

   false saber-toothed tiger

   North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon

   type of:

   felid, feline

   any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws