| 单词 | cat-kind |
| 释义 | > as lemmascat-kind 3. Zoology. Extended (usually in plural) to the members of the genus Felis, including the lion, tiger, panther, leopard, etc.; the feline animals or cat-kind, cat tribe. It enters into the name of some of these, as the tiger-cat of South America (see tiger-cat n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] cat1607 feline1861 felid- 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 491 Panthers, Pardals, Linxes, or Tygers, hadde bin all of the kind of cats. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xviii. 51 The tyger cat is a very lively animal, with its eyes emitting flashes like lightning. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 68 Of all the Carnaria the Cats are the most completely and powerfully armed. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 430/2 Leopards, the name by which the greater spotted cats are known. < as lemmas |
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