bear cat

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See also: bearcat

English

Arctictis binturong, a bearcat

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bear cat (plural bear cats)

  1. A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).
  2. (US, slang, now rare) An excellent or formidable thing or person.
    • 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post:
      "Carmen's a bear cat," I says. "If they was all as good as Carmen, I'd go every night."

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