big cat

Noun
  1. Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild (synset 102130460)
    is a type of: felid, feline - any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
    subtypes:
    • leopard, panthera pardus - large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
    • ounce, panthera uncia, snow leopard - large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
    • felis onca, jaguar, panther, panthera onca - a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
    • king of beasts, lion, panthera leo - large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
    • panthera tigris, tiger - large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
    • liger - offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
    • tiglon, tigon - offspring of a male tiger and a female lion
    • acinonyx jubatus, cheetah, chetah - long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
    • saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth - any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
    belongs to: family felidae, felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
    same as: cat

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