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Cat o nine tails

a whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back called also the cat It was...

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catamountain

the bushy tailed European wildcat Felis silvestris resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat

to Animals Act, 1876 s. 5. See further as to cruelty, ANIMALS. (2) The instrument (cat o' nine tails) with which criminals are flogged in England. [See Whipping.] It consists of nine lashes of whipcord tied on

Serval

wild cat Felis serval of moderate size called also serval cat It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length Its color is tawny with black spots on the body and rings of black on

Margay

Felis wiedi syn Felis tigrina ranging from Mexico to Brazil It is spotted with black Called also long tailed cat

Manx cat

A breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail containing only about three vertebrae It is believed to have originated on the Isle

Catkin

as to the staminate flowers in the chestnut oak hickory etc so called from its resemblance to a cats tail See Illust of Ament

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