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jungle cat

jungle cat noun: a medium-sized cat, of species Felis chaus, native to Asia.

jungle cat: a medium-sized cat, of species Felis chaus, native to Asia
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Noun

jungle cat (plural jungle cats)

  1. A medium-sized cat, of species Felis chaus, native to Asia.
    Synonyms:
    reed cat, swamp cat
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jungle, cat.

jungle cat meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Assamese and Thai

jungle cat in Tamil

காட்டுப்பூனை, காட்டுப் பூனை

jungle cat in Bengali

Felis chaus
টলা ṭola

jungle cat in Assamese

Felis chaus
হাপা hapa, হেপা hepa

jungle cat in Thai

Felis chaus
แมวป่า mɛɛo-bpàa
More languagesFewer languages
jungle cat in Vietnamese
mèo ri

Synonyms of jungle cat

Forms of jungle cat

pluraljungle cats

Origin of jungle cat

From jungle + cat.

Questions about jungle cat

What does jungle cat mean?
Jungle cat means a medium-sized cat, of species Felis chaus, native to Asia.
What is jungle cat in Tamil?
Jungle cat in Tamil is காட்டுப்பூனை, காட்டுப் பூனை. See Jungle cat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jungle cat?
Jungle cat is a noun.
What is the plural of jungle cat?
The plural of jungle cat is jungle cats.

Words near jungle cat in the dictionary

  1. jungle boots
  2. jungle bunnies
  3. jungle bunny
  4. Jungle Carbine
  5. Jungle Carbines
  6. jungle cat
  7. jungle cats
  8. jungle cock
  9. jungle cocks
  10. jungle crow
  11. jungle crows

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jungle cat (page history and authors); jungle cat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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