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Definisjon av wildcat

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
wildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
true cat, cat feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
felis, genus felis type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats
sand cat a desert wildcat
catamountain, european wildcat, felis silvestris bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
cougar, felis concolor, mountain lion, puma, catamount, panther, painter large American feline resembling a lion
felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
eyra, felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
caffer cat, felis ocreata, kaffir cat widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
felis chaus, jungle cat small Asiatic wildcat
felis serval, serval slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
felis bengalensis, leopard cat small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia
felis tigrina, tiger cat a cat having a striped coat
felis wiedi, margay, margay cat small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil
felis manul, manul, pallas's cat small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia
wildcat - a cruelly rapacious person
beast, wolf, savage, brute
assailant, assaulter, attacker, aggressor someone who attacks
wildcat - an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
wildcat well
oil well, oiler a well that yields or has yielded oil

Adjective
wildcat - (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells"
explorative, exploratory serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"
wildcat - outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes"
wildcat - without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
unauthorized, unauthorised
= synonym
= antonym
= relatert ord

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Substantiv
wildcat - A species of cat, Felis silvestris.
wildcat - Any undomesticated species of cat.
wildcat - A person who acts like a wildcat, often sexually.
wildcat - industrial Industrial action carried out without authorization of trade trade unions; short for "wildcat strike" or "wildcat action".
wildcat - A caliber of ammunition derived by amending another type of cartridge and not made by commercial manufacturers.
wildcat - An offensive formation characterized by a direct snap to a running back and an unbalanced offensive line.

Verb
wildcat - To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.

Adjektiv
wildcat - Relating to oil exploration in an area where no oil has been found before.
wildcat - unauthorized by the proper authorities.
wildcat - unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe.

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  • The wildcat (Felis silvestris) is a small cat native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa. It is a hunter of small mammals, birds, and other creatures of a similar or smaller size. There are several subspecies distributed in different regions of the world.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: wildcat
  • Komparativ: wildcatter / more wildcat
  • Superlativ: wildcattest / most wildcat

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