English > wildcat: 6 senses > noun 3, animal| Meaning | Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild. |
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| Member of | Felis, genus Felis | type genus of the Felidae |
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| Narrower | European wildcat, catamountain, Felis silvestris | bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat |
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| cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
| jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis yagouaroundi | long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat |
| jungle cat, Felis chaus | small Asiatic wildcat |
| kaffir cat, caffer cat, Felis ocreata | widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor |
| leopard cat, Felis bengalensis | small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia |
| lynx, catamount | short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears |
| manul, Pallas's cat, Felis manul | small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia |
| margay, margay cat, Felis wiedi | small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil |
| ocelot, panther cat, Felis pardalis | nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat |
| sand cat | A desert wildcat |
| serval, Felis serval | slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat |
| tiger cat, Felis tigrina | medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat |
| Broader | cat, true cat | feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar |
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| Spanish | felis silvestris, gato montés, gato salvaje |
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| Catalan | gat salvatge |
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