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