jungle cat

noun

: a small grayish to tawny cat (Felis chaus) found from northern Africa to Asia and having a black-tipped tail and tufted ears
broadly : a wild cat (such as a leopard) of tropical regions

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There's all this talk of the migration of jungle cats. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025 Besides tigers, there are many other cats in Ranthambore such as the extremely rare melanistic jungle cat, leopards, the desert cat, and caracals. — Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Robb Report, 17 May 2024

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1877, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of jungle cat was in 1877

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