'native cat' definitions:
Definition of 'native cat'
From: WordNet
noun
Carnivorous arboreal cat-like marsupials of Australia and Tasmania [syn: native cat, Dasyurus viverrinus]
Definition of 'native cat'
From: GCIDE
- dasyure \das"y*ure\ (d[a^]s"[i^]*[=u]r), n. [Gr. dasy`s thick, shaggy + o'yra` tail: cf. F. dasyure.]
- 1. (Zool.) A carnivorous catlike marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus, called also native cat. There are several species. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. (Zool.) any of several related animals, such as the Tasmanian devil; -- called also ursine dasyure. [PJC]