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单词 big cat
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Definition of big cat in English:

big cat

noun
  • Any of the large members of the cat family, including the lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, clouded leopard, cheetah, and puma.

    Panthera and other genera, family Felidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The expert team returns this year for a week of reports, following the progress of three families of big cats and watching the dramas unfold.
    • The species deserve the same concern that many people give to whales, dolphins, and big cats, he says.
    • Of all the big cats, the leopard is the most resourceful.
    • He later went to Southeast Asia to study big cats and other endangered large mammals, including clouded leopards.
    • I worked with the big cats, lions, cheetahs, and eventually the tigers.
    • But a new survey suggests that the country may now be home to wild leopards, pumas, and other big cats.
    • From there it was more big cats, with the pumas and lions.
    • In the past, with greater tiger numbers, the big cats killed hundreds of people per year.
    • Cougar populations dwindled until the 1970s, when the big cat became nearly extinct in the state.
    • It's not an uncommon fate for villagers who live alongside the big cats in India's tiger reserves.
    • Boller estimates there may be as many as 400 to 500 lions, tigers, and other big cats in the Houston area alone.
    • It boasts more than 500 species of birds and 200 of mammals, and there is even a chance of seeing that most elusive of big cats, the jaguar.
    • Researchers attribute the growing number of cheetah injuries mostly to an increase in big cats hunting on foreign terrain.
    • The big cat - thought to be either a puma or a panther - has been blamed for mauling several sheep after being set loose by a rogue owner who faced prosecution once it was caught, police said.
    • The group is currently working on gaining protection for the lands and developing corridors that suit species from big cats to tiny voles.
    • She wants to end private ownership of big cats so that sanctuaries like hers will no longer need to rescue animals from poor living conditions.
    • The reason that this can happen is that both the lion and the tiger are big cats.
    • The big cats largely disappeared from their historic range north of the border because of development and hunting pressures.
    • The big cats you find outside Africa include tiger, jaguar, leopard, cougar and Iberian lynx.
    • The burgeoning trade in bones and body parts for use in folk medicines threatens tigers and other big cats.
 
 

Definition of big cat in US English:

big cat

nounˌbiɡ ˈkatˌbɪɡ ˈkæt
  • 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

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He later went to Southeast Asia to study big cats and other endangered large mammals, including clouded leopards.
    • But a new survey suggests that the country may now be home to wild leopards, pumas, and other big cats.
    • The big cats you find outside Africa include tiger, jaguar, leopard, cougar and Iberian lynx.
    • I worked with the big cats, lions, cheetahs, and eventually the tigers.
    • The group is currently working on gaining protection for the lands and developing corridors that suit species from big cats to tiny voles.
    • The reason that this can happen is that both the lion and the tiger are big cats.
    • Boller estimates there may be as many as 400 to 500 lions, tigers, and other big cats in the Houston area alone.
    • The big cat - thought to be either a puma or a panther - has been blamed for mauling several sheep after being set loose by a rogue owner who faced prosecution once it was caught, police said.
    • The expert team returns this year for a week of reports, following the progress of three families of big cats and watching the dramas unfold.
    • Cougar populations dwindled until the 1970s, when the big cat became nearly extinct in the state.
    • The big cats largely disappeared from their historic range north of the border because of development and hunting pressures.
    • It's not an uncommon fate for villagers who live alongside the big cats in India's tiger reserves.
    • In the past, with greater tiger numbers, the big cats killed hundreds of people per year.
    • The burgeoning trade in bones and body parts for use in folk medicines threatens tigers and other big cats.
    • The species deserve the same concern that many people give to whales, dolphins, and big cats, he says.
    • She wants to end private ownership of big cats so that sanctuaries like hers will no longer need to rescue animals from poor living conditions.
    • From there it was more big cats, with the pumas and lions.
    • Of all the big cats, the leopard is the most resourceful.
    • Researchers attribute the growing number of cheetah injuries mostly to an increase in big cats hunting on foreign terrain.
    • It boasts more than 500 species of birds and 200 of mammals, and there is even a chance of seeing that most elusive of big cats, the jaguar.
 
 
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