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JUNGLE CAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jungle cat mean? 

JUNGLE CAT (noun)
  The noun JUNGLE CAT has 1 sense:

1. small Asiatic wildcatplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


JUNGLE CAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Asiatic wildcat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Felis chaus; jungle cat

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

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

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

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


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