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wildcat — I. noun (plural wildcats) Date: 14th century 1. a. an Old World cat (Felis silvestris) that resembles but is heavier in build than the domestic tabby cat and is usually held to be among the ancestors of the domestic cat b. or plural wildcat any… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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wildcat — /wuyld kat /, n., pl. wildcats, (esp. collectively) wildcat for 1 4, adj., v., wildcatted, wildcatting. n. 1. any of several North American felines of the genus Lynx. Cf. lynx. 2. a yellowish gray, black striped feline, Felis sylvestris, of… … Universalium
wildcat — wild|cat1 [ˈwaıldkæt] n a type of cat that looks similar to a pet cat and lives in mountains, forests etc wildcat 2 wildcat2 past tense and past participle wildcatted present participle wildcatting v [i]AmE to look for oil in a place where nobody … Dictionary of contemporary English
wildcat — /ˈwaɪldkæt / (say wuyldkat) noun 1. any of various Eurasian and African subspecies of the cat Felis sylvestris, as the forest dwelling European wildcat, F. s. sylvestris, the rare Scottish wildcat, F. s. grampius, and the widespread African… …
wildcat — [wīld′kat΄] n. pl. wildcats or wildcat 1. a) any of a large group of fierce, medium sized, undomesticated cats, including the bobcat, Canada lynx, ocelot, serval, and caracal b) a house cat that has escaped from domestication: in this sense,… … English World dictionary
