Chaus
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, coined in 1776 by German-speaking Johann Anton Güldenstädt, born in Riga, Latvia, to name a cat he discovered during a Russian expedition to the Caucasus.
Proper noun
Chaus m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – aquatic cats resembling Felis chaus chaus, the type subspecies of jungle cat.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chaus caffer (kaffir cat), Chaus libyaeus (Libyan chaus) - selected species, both now subspecies Felis silvestris lybica (African wildcat)
Further reading
- “Chaus”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Jungle cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Felis chaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
English
Noun
Chaus (plural Chauses)
- Alternative letter-case form of chaus; obsolete spelling of chiaus.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chaus.