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wildcat
wildcat common name of Old World cats ( Felis sylvestris ) of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The wildcat resembles a large domestic tabby cat with a heavy tail; its fur is brownish to gray, with a pattern of light stripes. It can and does interbreed with domestic cats. The five subspecies are the Euro... Read more
cat
cat name applied broadly to the carnivorous mammals constituting the family Felidae, and specifically to the domestic cat, Felis catus. The great roaring cats, the lion , tiger , and leopard are anatomically very similar to one another and constitute the genus Panthera, which also includes ... Read more
catnip
catnip or catmint, strong-scented perennial herb ( Nepeta cataria ) of the family Labiatae ( mint family), native to Europe and Asia but naturalized in the United States. A tea of the leaves and flowing tops has long been used as a domestic remedy for various ailments. Catnip is best known for... Read more
cat's-eye
cat's-eye gemstone that displays a thin band of reflected light on its surface when cut as a cabochon. Its name is derived from its supposed resemblance to the eye of a cat. The optical effect, known as chatoyancy, is caused by the reflection of light from very thin, closely spaced filaments in par... Read more
panther
panther name commonly applied to the leopard , especially to a black leopard. It is also used locally to designate various other cats including the jaguar and the puma . In animal systematics the generic name Panthera is given to all the big roaring cats—the lion , tiger , and leopard... Read more
lion
lion large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera leo, found in open country in Africa, with a few surviving in India. Lions have short-haired coats of tawny brown, with the tail ending in a dark tuft. Most males have black or tawny manes of varying length growing from the head, neck, and should... Read more
San Salvador
San Salvador island of the Bahamas , West Indies. Many historians believe that it was the first land sighted by Columbus in the New World in 1492. The indigenous population called it Guanahani, and it has also been named Watling or Watlings Island. It was formerly confused with what is now known a... Read more
bobcat
bobcat (wild cat or red lynx) Vicious, short-tailed cat found throughout swamp, forest and grassland regions of the USA, s Canada, and Central America. Its reddish-brown coat has black spots with white underparts. The bobcat feeds on rodents and gives birth to 2–4 young following a gestation... Read more
Kit-Cat Club
Kit-Cat Club London political and literary club, active c.1700-1720. The membership of some four dozen included leading Whig politicians and London's best young writers. Among them were Charles Seymour, 6th duke of Somerset; Sir Robert Walpole; Thomas Pelham-Holles, duke of Newcastle; William Congr... Read more
CAT scan
CAT scan [ c omputerized a xial t omography], X-ray technique that allows relatively safe, painless, and rapid diagnosis in previously inaccessible areas of the body; also called CT scan. An X-ray tube, rotating around a specific area of the body, delivers an appropriate amount of X radiation f... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "domestic cat"

domestic shorthair cat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition domestic shorthair cat see cat .
cat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and specifically to the domestic cat, Felis catus. The great roaring cats, the lion , tiger...wildcat, as well as the domestic cat. The small cats are generally ticked...can interbreed with the domestic cat, and some can be tamed...
Cats
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Cats Cats are mammals in the family...instincts of species in the cat family are easily seen in domestic cats, for even well-fed...food. Members of the cat family occur naturally...New Zealand (although domestic cats have been introduced...
Persian Cats
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...Ottoman Empire. The Persian cat became especially popular beginning...bought a pair of imported Persian cats at London's first Oriental cat fair. Thereafter, the keeping of Persian cats as desirable — and...Europe and North America. The domestic breeding of Persian cats in...
Jacob Cats
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Jacob Cats Jacob Cats (1577-1660), seventeenth-century...proverbs, giving him the title of "Father Cats," a fond soubriquet still used by modern...in printing them for both foreign and domestic audiences. Most emblem book pages consisted...
coon cat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition coon cat name for a breed of large domestic cats (also called Maine cats), for the coatimundi , and for the cacomistle .
SIC 2048 Prepared Feeds and Feed Ingredients for Animals and Fowls, Except Dogs and Cats
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...AND FOWLS, EXCEPT DOGS AND CATS This classification covers establishments...and fowls, except dogs and cats. Included in this industry...primarily engaged in manufacturing cat and dog foods are classified in SIC 2047: Dog and Cat Food. NAICS Code(s) 311611...industry to determine the needs of ...
Domestic
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...or domicile. That which is domestic is related to household uses. A domestic animal is one that is sufficiently...a family, such as a dog or cat, or one that can be used to...domesticated , it is converted to domestic use, as in the case of a wild...
Felines
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...can be seen in the domestic cats, for even well-fed domestic cats will hunt mice and birds. Members of the cat family occur naturally...They also worshiped cats and mummified large...Since that time, the domestic cat has spread throughout...
Superstitions
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...back to ancient Egypt. The cat-headed goddess, Bast (or...The Egyptians did not fear the cat, but rather reverenced it, and they elevated cats far above the role of domestic pet. To the Egyptians, the cat was transformed from mouse catcher...

Dictionary entries related to "domestic cat"

tiger cat
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ti·ger cat • n. a small forest cat ( Felis tigrina ) that has a light...any moderate-sized striped cat, such as the ocelot, serval, or margay. ∎  a domestic cat with markings like a tiger...
tortoiseshell cat
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English tor·toise·shell cat • n. a domestic cat with markings resembling tortoiseshell.
wildcat
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English wild·cat / ˈwīldˌ...a small native Eurasian and African cat ( Felis silvestris ) that is typically...is believed to be the ancestor of the domestic cat. ∎  any of the smaller...
tabby
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2022; n. ( pl. -bies ) 1. (also tab·by cat ) a cat whose fur is mottled or streaked with dark stripes. ∎  inf. any domestic cat. 2. a fabric with a watered pattern, typically silk...
pet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English pet 1 / pet / • n. a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure...x2022; adj. (of an animal or bird) kept as a pet: a pet cat. ∎  of or relating to pet animals: a pet...tr. ] stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately: the cats came to be petted. ∎  ...
Persian
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...modern Persia (or Iran), or a person of Persian descent. ∎  (also Per·sian cat ) a long-haired domestic cat of a breed originating in Persia, having a broad round head, stocky body, and short thick legs. 2. the...
Nehring, Alfred
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Pleistocene vertebrates, particularly domestic animals; their domestication; their...Egyptian animal mummies; and the descent of domestic sheep. The largest portion of Nehring...families. He also dealt with the dog and cat families; the bear; several species...
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...herself and others: 1) she lives as a transient yet she keeps Cat whom she refers to as "poor slob"; 2) she claims she wants...threatening; 4) she attempts to reconstruct herself in a domestic image when she thinks a rich South American wants to marry her...
Proshchanie
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...details build up. The old lady searches frantically for her cat. Another, after locking up her house, looks back anxiously as a pile of logs collapses. The houses are closed up, and small domestic objects are rescued. Some of the houses are burnt. One house...
Cuvier, Frédéric
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...established an important distinction between the domesticated animal, such as the cat, which accepts our affection but remains solitary by nature, and the truly domestic animal, such as the dog, which social by instinct, participates in the social...

Thesaurus entries related to "domestic cat"

cat
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...x2022; noun  their pet cats synonyms : feline, tomcat, tom, kitten, mouser; informal pussy (cat), puss, kitty; alley cat; archaic grimalkin. See table. Cats Domestic Abyssinian American bobtail American...
tool
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Miss Havisham's tool synonyms : puppet, pawn, creature, cat's paw; minion, lackey, instrument, organ; informal stooge...for appliances). A utensil is a hand-held implement for domestic use (eating utensils), while an instrument is used for scientific...

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All domestic cats owe their lineage to wild Middle East ancestors
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/29/2007; 683 words ; ...produced all domesticated cats. "It's plausible that the ancient [domestic cat] lineages were present...which modern domestic cats belong; the Near Eastern...and the Chinese desert cat. The sampling of feline...Near Eastern wildcat and domestic cats fell into the same ...
Domestic Cats May Have Ancient Roots
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/28/2007; 700+ words ; ...Miller, chair of outreach for The Cat Fanciers' Association, based...is the finding that some wild cats and domestic cats from the Near East were distinct...subspecies long associated with domestic cat origins." "Since the DNA samples...
DNA shows domestic cats have origins in Near East
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/28/2007; 510 words ; ...and the Chinese desert cat. Carlos Driscoll of...almost 1,000 wild and domestic cats to learn more about...subspecies as well as domestic cats fell into a group...the clades included domestic cats and some wildcats...the first domesticated cats. Some scientists think ...
Genetic study links domestic cats to wild ancestors 100,000 years ago ; HOME
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/29/2007; ; 591 words ; ...has revealed that the domestic cat is descended from a...the ancestry of all domestic cats alive today back to...of nearly a thousand cats - domestic and wild - from countries...relatives of the pet cat, Felis silvestris catus...
Bartonella henselae and domestic cats, Jamaica.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...has been isolated from domestic cats in most countries...and seropositivity in cats is usually highest in...worldwide distribution of cat scratch disease (CSD...of this bacterium from domestic cats in the Caribbean or seropositivity...
Urinary excretion of endogenous nitrogen metabolites in adult domestic cats using a protein-free diet and the regression technique
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...creatinine nitrogen in adult domestic cats. Endogenous urinary nitrogen...diet (Table 1 ) was fed. The cats had free access to fresh food every day and food intake of each cat was recorded daily. Study 2...8 male, 8 female) adult cats were equally and randomly allocated...
Qinghai-like H5N1 from domestic cats, northern Iraq.(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Natural infection of several cat species with highly pathogenic...and experimental infection of domestic cats with similar viruses have been...Qinghai-like virus detected in domestic cats. This finding is noteworthy...genes of viruses infecting the cat and goose are >99% ...
Weight gain in gonadectomized normal and lipoprotein lipase-deficient male domestic cats results from increased food intake and not decreased energy expenditure1,2
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Gonadectomy predisposes domestic cats to undesired body...behaviors in male cats after gonadectomy...metabolic rate of male domestic cats were determined...on LPL-deficient cats, we tested the gatekeeper...Sixteen normal male domestic cats (2 y) and...
Our Domestic Cats Ancestors Are in Trouble!
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 6/20/2008; 700+ words ; ...USNewswire/-- Todays domestic cat derived from the African...who truly welcomed the cats into their homes. Not...million people. Rarely do cats receive credit, but...are eliminated. When cat populations were restored...range. Farmers shoot the cats, believing they kill...breeding of ...
Origin of domestic cats traced to Middle East.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 6/28/2007; 692 words ; ...the cells of your pet cat lies a history book...DNA from modern house cats, researchers have traced the origin of domestic cats to a specific time...association between humans and cats much older in history...were responsible for cat domestication, roughly...Dating the origin of ...