felis silvestris

2 definitions found

felis silvestris - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

felis silvestris - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Felis silvestris
      n 1: bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic
           cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
           [syn: European wildcat, catamountain, Felis silvestris
           ]