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bear cat

bear cat noun: a binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).

bear cat: a binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae)
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Noun

bear cat (plural bear cats)

  1. A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).
  2. (US, archaic, slang) An excellent or formidable thing or person.
    • "Carmen's a bear cat," I says. "If they was all as good as Carmen, I'd go every night."1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post
  3. Synonym of cat bear (“a red panda”).
    Synonyms:
    cat bear

bear cat meaning in Tamil

bear cat in Tamil

கரடிப்பூனை

Synonyms of bear cat

Forms of bear cat

pluralbear cats

Questions about bear cat

What does bear cat mean?
Bear cat means a binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).
What is bear cat in Tamil?
Bear cat in Tamil is கரடிப்பூனை. See Bear cat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bear cat?
Bear cat is a noun.
What is the plural of bear cat?
The plural of bear cat is bear cats.

Words near bear cat in the dictionary

  1. bear bangers
  2. bear board
  3. bear boards
  4. bear cage
  5. bear cages
  6. bear cat
  7. bear cats
  8. bear claw
  9. bear claws
  10. bear crawl
  11. bear crawls

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