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miner's cat — noun raccoon like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings • Syn: ↑bassarisk, ↑cacomistle, ↑cacomixle, ↑coon cat, ↑raccoon fox, ↑ringtail, ↑ring tailed cat, ↑civet cat … Useful english dictionary
Ring-tailed Cat — Taxobox name = Ringtail status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Procyonidae genus = Bassariscus species = B. astutus binomial = Bassariscus… … Wikipedia
civet cat — noun 1. raccoon like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings • Syn: ↑bassarisk, ↑cacomistle, ↑cacomixle, ↑coon cat, ↑raccoon fox, ↑ringtail, ↑ring tailed cat, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
coon cat — noun 1. raccoon like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings • Syn: ↑bassarisk, ↑cacomistle, ↑cacomixle, ↑raccoon fox, ↑ringtail, ↑ring tailed cat, ↑civet cat, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ring-tailed cat — noun raccoon like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings • Syn: ↑bassarisk, ↑cacomistle, ↑cacomixle, ↑coon cat, ↑raccoon fox, ↑ringtail, ↑civet cat, ↑miner s cat, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Buttered cat paradox — The buttered cat paradox is a joke paradox based on the tongue in cheek combination of two adages:* Cats always land on their feet. * Buttered toast always lands buttered side down.The paradox arises when one considers what would happen if one… … Wikipedia
care killed the cat — Cf. curiosity killed the cat. There is some shift in meaning between care = worry, grief and care = carefulness, caution, and in quot. 1962 the meaning is ‘care lavished on the cat’, rather than care exercised by it. 1598–9 SHAKESPEARE Much Ado… … Proverbs new dictionary
procyonid — noun plantigrade carnivorous mammals • Hypernyms: ↑carnivore • Hyponyms: ↑raccoon, ↑racoon, ↑bassarisk, ↑cacomistle, ↑cacomixle, ↑coon cat, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Bassariscus astutus — bassarisk assarisk n. A raccoonlike omnivorous mammal ({Bassariscus astutus}) of Mexico and southwestern U. S. having a long bushy tail with black and white rings. Syn: cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring tailed cat,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bassarisk — assarisk n. A raccoonlike omnivorous mammal ({Bassariscus astutus}) of Mexico and southwestern U. S. having a long bushy tail with black and white rings. Syn: cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring tailed cat, civet cat,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
