bear cat
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See also: bearcat
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Binturong_in_Overloon.jpg/220px-Binturong_in_Overloon.jpg)
Noun
[edit]- A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).
- (US, slang, now rare) An excellent or formidable thing or person.
- 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post[1]:
- "Carmen's a bear cat," I says. "If they was all as good as Carmen, I'd go every night."
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “bear cat”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Binturong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Arctictis binturong on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Arctictis binturong on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons