English > big cat: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild. |
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| Synonym | cat |
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| Member of | Felidae, family Felidae | cats |
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| Narrower | cheetah, chetah, Acinonyx jubatus | long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws |
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| jaguar, panther, Panthera onca, Felis onca | A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard |
| leopard, Panthera pardus | large feline of African / African and Asian forests / forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots |
| liger | offspring of a male lion and a female tiger |
| lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo | large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male |
| saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth | Any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth |
| snow leopard, ounce, Panthera uncia | large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur |
| tiger, Panthera tigris | large feline of forests / forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes |
| tiglon, tigon | offspring of a male tiger and a female lion |
| Broader | feline, felid | Any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws |
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