big cat

noun

: a large wild animal of the cat family

lions, tigers, leopards, and other big cats

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After a mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy over the weekend, some commenters on social media blasted officials’ decision to kill the big cat and accused the boy’s family of provoking the animal. —

Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 After a mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy over the weekend, some commenters on social media criticized officials’ decision to kill the big cat and accused the boy’s family of provoking the animal. —

Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024 The big cat has since been euthanized by California state rangers, according to officials on Tuesday. —

Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024 Officials pointed to a fatal mountain lion attack in 2004, where a big cat killed a mountain biker in Orange County and then nearly killed a woman hours later. —

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for big cat