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wild cat 
1 one of seral varieties of lynx, especially the Canada lynx.
See also: Canada lynx
- 1749 Upon the thirty-first, some of the People searching a Rabbet Snare, found only a Part of a Rabbet, the other Part being eat by a wild Cat, whose Track was perceptible in the Snow.
- 1789 The animal which the ancients called the Lynx, known in Siberia by the name of the Ounce, is only called the WILD CAT in Canada.
- 1895 The cry of wild cats was no new thing to them.
- 1953 The bank was very steep--I had not gone very far before I met a lynx or wildcat.
2 the flesh of the lynx used as food.
- 1765 (1875) Here they live on the . . . game which they frequently kill, as hares and partridges, lynxes or wild cats, otters, martins. . . .
- 1893 One day as we rose from a rather poor breakfast which consisted principally of a piece of cooked wild cat, Mrs. Young said to me. . . .
- 1897 During the other six months we lived principally upon game, such as venison, bear's meat, beaver, wild-cat. . . .
3 the fur of the lynx.
- 1828 There various furs for caps are found: . . . beaver, coon, wild cat. . . .
- 1749 Upon the thirty-first, some of the People searching a Rabbet Snare, found only a Part of a Rabbet, the other Part being eat by a wild Cat, whose Track was perceptible in the Snow.