TRUE CAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does true cat mean? 

• TRUE CAT (noun)
  The noun TRUE CAT has 1 sense:

1. feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

  Familiarity information: TRUE CAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUE CAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cat; true cat

Hypernyms ("true cat" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "true cat"):

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)

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