What is a cat?

Answers:
Short answer- Any carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae.

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something which idiots like you don't know about

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a cat

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Other definition:
Shortened phrase for "category"

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A mammal who is smarter than its owner.

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Unconditional love.

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50%l cute and furry
50% pain in the ***

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carnivorous animals that scratch

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A Feline a member of the cat family. A mamal, a good companion.

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cat (kt) KEY

NOUN:


A small carnivorous mammal (Felis catus or F. domesticus) domesticated since early times as a catcher of rats and mice and as a pet and existing in several distinctive breeds and varieties.
Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, which includes the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.
The fur of a domestic cat.
Informal A woman who is regarded as spiteful.
Slang
A person, especially a man.
A player or devotee of jazz music.
A cat-o'-nine-tails.
A catfish.
Nautical
A cathead.
A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.
A catboat.
A catamaran.
VERB:
cat路ted , cat路ting , cats
VERB:
tr.
Nautical
To hoist an anchor to (the cathead).
VERB:
intr.
Slang
To look for sexual partners; have an affair or affairs: "catting around with every lady in sight" (Gore Vidal).

IDIOM:
let the cat out of the bag
To let a secret be known.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English catt, from Germanic *kattuz. Sense 6d, short for catamaran





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