Chaus
See also: chaus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, coined in 1776 by German-speaking Johann Anton Güldenstädt, born in Riga, Latvia, to name a cat he discovered during a Russian expedition to the Caucasus.
Proper noun
Chaus m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – aquatic cats resembling Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., the type subspecies of jungle cat.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (kaffir cat), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (Libyan chaus) - selected species, both now subspecies Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (African wildcat)
Further reading
- “Chaus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Jungle cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Felis chaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
English
Noun
Chaus (obsolete)
- Alternative letter-case form of chaus (“chiaus”)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chaus.