Cat words

Kiki Jou. (United States of America)
Words related to tigers, lions, and jaguars for my research project.
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  1. grooming
    the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
  2. saliva
    a clear liquid secreted by glands in the mouth
  3. bristle
    a stiff hair
  4. carcass
    the dead body of an animal
  5. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  6. stealth
    the act of moving in a quiet or secretive way to avoid being noticed
  7. predator
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  8. mane
    long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
  9. adaptation
    the process of adjusting or conforming to new conditions
  10. carnassial
    (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh
  11. nomad
    a member of a people who have no permanent home
  12. vigorously
    in an energetic manner
  13. territory
    a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
  14. coalition
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
  15. abandoned
    forsaken by owner or inhabitants
  16. litter
    give birth to a group of animals
  17. mammal
    a warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin covered with hair
  18. prey
    animal hunted or caught for food
  19. canine
    of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
  20. carnivore
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
  21. pride
    a group of lions
  22. scavenge
    clean refuse from
  23. stalking
    the act of following prey stealthily
  24. ambush
    the act of hiding and waiting to make a surprise attack
  25. den
    the habitation of wild animals
  26. estrus
    applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
  27. hyoid
    a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
  28. cub
    the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
  29. jaguar
    a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
  30. coat
    an outer garment that covers the body from shoulder down
  31. growl
    utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
  32. roar
    make a loud noise, as of an animal
  33. keratin
    a fibrous protein found in nails, hair, feathers, and hooves
  34. habitat
    the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
  35. lion
    large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
  36. tiger
    large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
Created on Tue May 07 19:31:37 EDT 2013

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