Cat-a-mountain

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  catamountain \cat"a*moun`tain\, cat-a-mountain
  \cat"-a-moun`tain\n.
     1. the bushy-tailed European wildcat ({Felis silvestris})
        resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor
        of the domestic cat.
  


     Syn: European wildcat, {Felis silvestris}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catamountain
       n : bushy-tailed European wildcat resembling the domestic tabby
           and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat [syn: {European
           wildcat}, {Felis silvestris}]