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domestic cat

n. A domesticated cat, of the species ''Felis silvestris catus'' (commonly called ''Felis domesticus''), especially one kept as a pet.

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domestic cat

n. any domesticated member of the genus Felis [syn: house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus]

Usage examples of "domestic cat".

A tiger, perhaps, but never anything so harmless as a domestic cat.

As indeed is the lion, the otter or the domestic cat when they are out a-hunting.

Now it was run-through-the-yard time to get Dufus's bowels wound up that they might unleash what, in Packer's mind, should have been a humiliation to any creature, except maybe a small domestic cat.

But while RK was much larger than a domestic cat, he was much smaller than a tiger or a lion.

I'm afraid the popularity of the domestic cat would drop very quickly if little kitty could roar its displeasure.

But, when I looked up, there was a black domestic cat sitting, very angry, as high up as possible in the swaying top of the tree.

This mammal, the size of a domestic cat, was one of the largest of its day.

Eyes proportionally larger than those of a domestic cat and outlined in black looked at Claude in an unmistakably friendly fashion.

Also, pointedly, the most expensive dishes, which she then played with as a well fed domestic cat will play with a mouse it has caught.