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FOSSA CAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Synonyms:
Cryptoprocta ferox; fossa; fossa cat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fossa cat" is a kind of...):
viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)