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| catbird |
a dark gray North American songbird. One of its calls is like the sound a cat makes. |
| caterwaul |
to make the long, wailing or screeching sounds of a cat in heat. [2/3 definitions] |
| CAT scan |
an image of an area of the body that is formed from a grouping of x-rays on a computer. CAT scans are used to make a diagnosis in medical treatment. CAT stands for computerized axial tomography. |
| cattish |
resembling a cat; feline. [1/2 definitions] |
| cheetah |
a large, wild cat of Africa and southern Asia that has solid black spots on its fur. Cheetahs have long legs and are the fastest animal on land. Sometimes they are trained for hunting game. |
| Cheshire cat |
in the nineteenth-century children's novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, a grinning cat that magically disappears, his grin being the last to fade away. |
| civet |
the civet cat. [3 definitions] |
| cougar |
a common name for a puma, a large wild cat with tan fur. Cougars live in many parts of North and South America. They are carnivorous mammals. They are also called mountain lions or panthers. |
| crouch |
to lower the body close to the ground by bending the legs. A cat about to pounce crouches, as does a person getting ready to run in a race. [1/2 definitions] |
| feline |
looking or acting like a cat, such as moving in a silent or graceful way. [2/3 definitions] |
| fur |
the soft thick hair that covers the bodies of certain animals such as the mink, cat, or fox. [1/3 definitions] |
| grammar |
the rules for forming the words and sentences of a language. Some of these rules have to be learned. Other rules are already in the head of a native speaker. For example, a native English speaker would not say, "I a cat bitten by was," because the grammar does not make sense. When one learns a new language, most of the rules of its grammar have to be learned. [1/2 definitions] |
| grimalkin |
a cat, esp. an old female cat. [1/2 definitions] |
| Himalayan |
any of a breed of domestic cat, bred by crossing Siamese and Persian cats, that has blue eyes and long, light-colored fur except on the face, ears, feet, and tail, which are dark. [1/3 definitions] |
| jaguar |
a large wild cat, resembling but larger than a leopard, that is native to Central and South America. |
| jaguarondi |
a small wild cat of South America with a long slender body and tail. |
| kitten |
a young cat. |
| kitty1 |
(informal) a kitten or cat. |
| korat |
any of a breed of cat having a shiny bluish coat and large greenish eyes. |
| leopard |
a large, spotted wild cat found in southern Asia and Africa. [1/2 definitions] |
| lion |
a large, strong mammal in the cat family that lives in Africa and Asia. Male lions have long hair around the head and neck. |
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