Bea's Cat Report

Friday, April 08, 2005

Presentation Day

I chose cats for my animal report because I have two in Chicago and used to have lots in Italy because I lived in the countryside on a farm. My cat Thumper is very curious and Sciorce used to be a street cat in Rome.

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Bea

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Cat: Definitions

WordNet

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun cat has 6 meanings:

Meaning #1: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats
Synonym: true cat

Meaning #2: an informal term for a youth or man
Synonyms: guy, hombre, bozo

Meaning #3: a spiteful woman gossip

Meaning #4: a whip with nine knotted cords
Synonym: cat-o'-nine-tails

Meaning #5: (trademark) a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
Synonym: Caterpillar

Meaning #6: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
Synonym: big cat

Scientific Names

Scientific classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Carnivora

Family:

Felidae

Genus:

Felis

Species:

F. silvestris

Subspecies:

F. s. catus or
F. s. domesticus

Trinomial name Felis silvestris catus
Schreber, 1775