DOMESTIC CAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does domestic cat mean? 

• DOMESTIC CAT (noun)
  The noun DOMESTIC CAT has 1 sense:

1. any domesticated member of the genus Felis

  Familiarity information: DOMESTIC CAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMESTIC CAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any domesticated member of the genus Felis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat

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

domestic animal; domesticated animal (any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment)

cat; true cat (feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "domestic cat"):

kitty; kitty-cat; puss; pussy; pussycat (informal terms referring to a domestic cat)

Manx; Manx cat (a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man)

Abyssinian; Abyssinian cat (a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat)

Maltese; Maltese cat (a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat)

Egyptian cat (a domestic cat of Egypt)

Burmese cat (a short-haired breed with body similar to the Siamese cat but having a solid dark brown or grey coat)

Siamese; Siamese cat (a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip)

Angora; Angora cat (a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat)

Persian cat (a long-haired breed of cat)

calico cat; tortoiseshell; tortoiseshell-cat (a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings)

tiger cat (a cat having a striped coat)

tabby; tabby cat (a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black)

queen; tabby (female cat)

tom; tomcat (male cat)

alley cat (a homeless cat)

mouser (a cat proficient at mousing)

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

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

clowder (a group of cats)

 Context examples 

The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia.

(Cat, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The domestic cat, Felis catus.

(Cat, NCI Thesaurus)

Some islands have never had invasive predators, others currently have predators like domestic cats and rats that arrived with humans, while others have had these predators in the past and they have now been eradicated.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)

The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family Felidae, comprising over 30 different breeds.

(Cat, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)