big cat
English Thesaurus
1. any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | felid, feline, |
| definition | : | any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | leopard, panthera pardus, |
| definition | : | large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | felis onca, jaguar, panther, panthera onca, |
| definition | : | a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | king of beasts, lion, panthera leo, |
| definition | : | large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | panthera tigris, tiger, |
| definition | : | large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | liger, |
| definition | : | offspring of a male lion and a female tiger (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tiglon, tigon, |
| definition | : | offspring of a male tiger and a female lion (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acinonyx jubatus, cheetah, chetah, |
| definition | : | long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth, |
| definition | : | any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family felidae, felidae, |
| definition | : | cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers (noun.animal) |
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