bear cats

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