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TIGER CAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cat having a striped coat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tiger cat" is a kind of...):

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat

Synonyms:

Felis tigrina; tiger cat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tiger cat" is a kind of...):

wildcat (any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild)

Holonyms ("tiger cat" is a member of...):

Felis; genus Felis (type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats)

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