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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

mammal, mammalian go
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal go
mammals having a placenta

carnivore go
a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

feline, felid go
any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

cat, true cat go
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats

wildcat
any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

noun.animal

13 Subcategories

sand cat go
a desert wildcat
European wildcat, catamountain, Felis silvestris go
bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor go
large American feline resembling a lion
ocelot, panther cat, Felis pardalis go
nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis yagouaroundi go
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
kaffir cat, caffer cat, Felis ocreata go
widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
jungle cat, Felis chaus go
small Asiatic wildcat
serval, Felis serval go
slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
leopard cat, Felis bengalensis go
small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia
tiger cat, Felis tigrina go
medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat
margay, margay cat, Felis wiedi go
small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil
manul, Pallas's cat, Felis manul go
small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia
catamount, lynx go
short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears