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Word List with 8 words
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caracal

a slender, catlike mammal, Lynx caracal, with a reddish-brown coat and long tufted ears, inhabiting northern Africa and India.

cheetah

a cat, Acinonyx jubatus, of southwestern Asia and Africa, resembling a leopard but having certain doglike characteristics, often trained for hunting deer, antelope, etc.: an endangered species.

cougar

n.,

a large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of North and South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.

ocelot

a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.

painter

cougar.

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panther

the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.

puma

n.,

a large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of North and South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.

serval

n.,

a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.