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noun
A medium-sized cat, of species Felis chaus, native to Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: reed cat, swamp cat
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jungle, cat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small Asiatic wildcat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Felis chaus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wildcat
History
From jungle + cat.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
