gato salvaje

Definitions of gato salvaje
  1. noun
    any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
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    gato del desierto
    a desert wildcat
    gato montés
    bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
    puma
    large American feline resembling a lion
    gatopardo, ocelote
    nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
    yaguarondi, yaguarundi
    long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
    serval
    slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
    lince
    short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
    lince común
    of northern Eurasia
    caracal
    of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia
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    gato
    feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
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