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FOSSA CAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fossa cat mean?
• FOSSA CAT (noun)
The noun FOSSA CAT has 1 sense:
1. largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Familiarity information: FOSSA CAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cryptoprocta ferox; fossa; fossa cat
Hypernyms ("fossa cat" is a kind of...):
viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)
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