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cat

 
/kæt/ n [C] (ANIMAL)

Definition

a small, furry animal with four legs and a tail, often kept as a pet, or any of a group of related animals that are wild, and some of which are large and fierce, such as the lion
(Definition of cat n (ANIMAL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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