wildcat

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Skins of the lynx, cunningly matched, had been sewn together to make her a rug, and the soft fur of the wildcat was the outer covering of her bed.

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  1. noun Any of various wild felines of small to medium size, especially of the genus Lynx, including the bobcat and the caracal.
  2. noun Either of two small felines (Felis silvestris subsp. silvestris or subsp. lybica) of Europe, Asia, and Africa, often regarded as being the ancestor of the domestic cat.
  3. noun A quick-tempered person.
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  • The kittens of a wildcat are wildcats, and there's no use counting on their being angoras. —  Old Gorgon Graham
  • "Meg!" She fought like a wildcat, clawing at his arm, kicking her feet against his calves. —  Unfinished Business by Amy Fetze
  • Its recesses were still the refuge of the deer; but they were also the haunt of the wildcat, the wolf, and the bear. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of James Fenimore Cooper by Thomas R. Lounsbury
  • The accommodations promised to be ideal for them; there were no predators larger than a small wildcat, and only one animal large and nasty enough to stand up to a baboon, a species of wild pig. —  BEN BOVA
  • Then we'll skin the wildcat, and get the deer swung up to the branches of some of these trees. —  The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger
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