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Big cat
Big cat distinguishes the large wild cats from much smaller species. One definition of big cat includes only the four species of cat in the genus Panthera: the liontigerleopard, and jaguar. Members of this genus are the only cats able to roar, and this is sometimes considered a distinguishing characteristic of big cats. A more expansive definition also includes the snow leopardclouded leopard, and cougar. The roaring cats may also be distinguished from the other big cats by referring to them as "great cats". Another distinction is the offspring of the great cats are called cubs while the offspring of the lesser big cats are referred to as kittens.
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big cat
Noun
1. any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
(synonym) cat
(hypernym) feline, felid
(hyponym) leopard, Panthera pardus
(member-holonym) Felidae, family Felidae



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