单词 | big cat |
释义 | > as lemmasbig cat big cat n. any of the larger members of the cat family ( Felidae), such as a lion, tiger, or leopard. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > miscellaneous wild or big cats ouncec1400 wild catc1400 catamountain?a1475 mountain cat1625 lion1630 tiger-cat1699 carcajou1760 kinkajou1760 serval1775 wood-cat1791 roof cat1872 clouded tiger1879 big cat1886 clouded leopard1910 mitlaa1925 1886 Good Words June 378/1 I might have gone back to..the creatures who split the bones which we find in Kent's Cavern, and were the contemporaries of the cave bears and the big cats who then lived in these islands. 1893 T. Roosevelt Wilderness Hunter xiv. 283 They [sc. bears] are by no means such true night-lovers as the big cats and the wolves. 1961 J. Carew Last Barbarian 39 There was something of a big cat about her, a sinuous grace. 1998 Independent on Sunday 25 Oct. (Travel section) 5/2 Though Zanzibar long ago lost its big cats to the colonial gamesmen it still boasts deadly snakes. < as lemmas |
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