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ring-tailed cats

ring-tailed cats is the plural of ring-tailed cat.

Meaning of ring-tailed cat

Noun

ring-tailed cat (plural ring-tailed cats)

  1. Synonym of ringtail, species Bassariscus astutus
    • They bear in the United States the name of civet, Mexican, or ring-tailed cats, and are frequently tamed in Mexico and California; in the latter country they are great pets of the miners.[1857, Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Made Under the Direction of the...
    Synonyms:
    ringtail, species Bassariscus astutus

Questions about ring-tailed cats

What is ring-tailed cats the plural of?
Ring-tailed cats is the plural of ring-tailed cat.

Words near ring-tailed cats in the dictionary

  1. ring-shaped
  2. ring-tail cat
  3. ring-tail cats
  4. ring-tailed
  5. ring-tailed cat
  6. ring-tailed cats
  7. ring-tailed civet cat
  8. ring-tailed civet cats
  9. ring-tailed coati
  10. ring-tailed coatis
  11. ring-tailed glider

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