"bear cat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bear cats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bear cat (plural bear cats)
  1. A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae). Categories (lifeform): Carnivores
    Sense id: en-bear_cat-en-noun-wbZUIrZa Disambiguation of Carnivores: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 36
  2. (US, slang, now rare) An excellent or formidable thing or person. Tags: US, archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-bear_cat-en-noun-4BUU-du0 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cat bear

Inflected forms

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