big cat

big cat
noun
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
• Syn: ↑cat
• Hypernyms: ↑feline, ↑felid
• Hyponyms:
• Member Holonyms: ↑Felidae, ↑family Felidae

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noun
: a hand recognized in some poker games that consists of king, queen, jack, ten, and eight, contains no pairs, includes cards from two or more suits, and ranks next below a flush — compare little cat

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big cat see under ↑cat1
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Main Entry: ↑big

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big cat UK US noun [countable] [singular big cat plural big cats]
a large wild cat such as a lion or a tiger
Thesaurus: wild catshyponym general animal typeshyponym

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n. any of the large members of the cat family, including the lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, clouded leopard, cheetah, and cougar. ● Panthera and other genera, family Felidae

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noun, pl ⋯ cats [count]
: a large wild animal of the cat family

lions, tigers, leopards, and other big cats

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ˌbig ˈcat [big cat] noun
any large wild animal of the cat family. ↑Lions, ↑tigers and ↑leopards are all big cats.

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