wild cat

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

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wild cat (plural wild cats)

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

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