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語源

From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the 複数形 as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild +‎ cat.

名詞

wild cat (複数形 wild cats)

1. An undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
2. A feral cat.
3. (まれに) Alternative spelling of wildcat, (UK) the Old World wildcats (Felis silvestris) or (US) the bobcat (Lynx rufus) and other New World lynxes.
4. (まれに) Alternative spelling of wildcat in its other extended senses.

同意語

• big cat, great cat

反意語

• domestic cat, domesticated cat, house cat

下位語

• panthers: tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, snow leopard
• clouded leopards: Formosan clouded leopard
• cheetahs: South African cheetah, Namibian cheetah, Tanzanian cheetah, East African cheetah, Sudan cheetah, Central African cheetah, Northeast African cheetah, Northwest African cheetah, Saharan cheetah, Asiatic cheetah, Iranian cheetah, Indian cheetah
• pumas: cougar, mountain lion, catamount, black panther, Florida panther, Argentine cougar, Costa Rican cougar, Eastern South American cougar, North American cougar, Northern South American cougar, Southern South American cougar
• (hybrids) liger, tion, lipard, leopon