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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The cat tribe; the typical family of feline or æluroid fissiped Feræ, or terrestrial digitigrade carnivorous mammals.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a natural family of lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals, including the cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; and saber-toothed tigers.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers

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