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native cat

noun

  1. any of several catlike dasyures of the genus Dasyurus, of Australia and Tasmania: most populations are now rare.


native cat

noun

  1. any of various Australian catlike carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of native cat1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

But at the first mention of the Native Cat nearly every bird, and all the small game, prepared to get away.

I'm but a funny wild, little, spotted Native Cat, With claws and tail like a squirrel and a nose like a rat.

They also saw strange birds, as well as the wild or native cat, which has been such a pest ever since in most parts of Australia.

We saw that the Australian moon-myth of Mityan was of a native cat.

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