Library / English Dictionary

HOUSE CAT

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any domesticated member of the genus Felis

Synonyms:

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("house cat" is a kind of...):

domestic animal; domesticated animal (any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment)

cat; true cat (feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "house cat"):

Manx; Manx cat (a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man)

Abyssinian; Abyssinian cat (a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat)

Maltese; Maltese cat (a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat)

Egyptian cat (a domestic cat of Egypt)

Burmese cat (a short-haired breed with body similar to the Siamese cat but having a solid dark brown or grey coat)

Siamese; Siamese cat (a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip)

Angora; Angora cat (a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat)

Persian cat (a long-haired breed of cat)

calico cat; tortoiseshell; tortoiseshell-cat (a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings)

tiger cat (a cat having a striped coat)

tabby; tabby cat (a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black)

queen; tabby (female cat)

tom; tomcat (male cat)

alley cat (a homeless cat)

mouser (a cat proficient at mousing)

kitty; kitty-cat; puss; pussy; pussycat (informal terms referring to a domestic cat)

Holonyms ("house cat" is a member of...):

clowder (a group of cats)

Felis; genus Felis (type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats)

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