wildcat

1. a wild European cat, Felis silvestris, that resembles the domestic tabby but is larger and has a bushy tail

2. any of various other felines, esp of the genus Lynx, such as the lynx and the caracal

3. US and Canadian another name for bobcat

4. US and Canadian an unsound commercial enterprise

5. US and Canadian a railway locomotive in motion without drawing any carriages or wagons

6. US and Canadian

a. of or relating to an unsound business enterprise

b. financially or commercially unsound

7. US and Canadian (of a train) running without permission or outside the timetable

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wildcat

[′wīl‚kat]

(naval architecture)

The drum of an anchor windlass, with projections on its rim that engage the anchor chain.

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Also dubbed Highland tigers, wildcats look similar to large domestic cats but are larger and stockier with a bushy tail.

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Mr Lister-Kaye said the new kittens are at least 80% pure wildcat, and are likely to eventually go to other captive breeding programmes that are trying to breed out the hybrid genes.

Cute kittens get ready to take walk on the wild side; Pair of rare wildcats make first appearance at Highland centre

Trail camera technology is revolutionising the way in which conservationists are able to estimate the population density and assess the genetic viability of wildcat populations.

Zoo footage of rare Scottish wildcat kitten; Breeding programme aiming to save 'Highland tiger' from risk of extinction

Wildcat Haven hope to protect isolated wildcat populations and will focus on the wholescale neutering of domestic cats in the area to avoid interbreeding with feral cats.

Wildcat plan needs licence warns SNH

2012) and wildcat distribution is limited by a closed snow cover of more than 20 cm depth over a period of 100 days because locomotion becomes difficult and prey hide under the snow (Piechocki 1990).

Spatial patterns of co-occurrence of the European wildcat Felis silvestris silvestris and domestic cats Felis silvestris catus in the Bavarian Forest National Park

Further, these Wildcat X models also feature new race-inspired ROPS cages; KING aluminium gas shocks; custom cast-aluminium KMC wheels; and many chassis improvements for professional handling and performance.

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In this article, I consider the biopolitics inherent in current Scottish wildcat conservation efforts, but I also consider the multiple ways in which the unruly, embodied lives of wild-living cats in Scotland escape and unsettle these biopolitical conservation regimes.

Of wildcats and wild cats: troubling species-based conservation in the Anthropocene

For the past seven years, Wildcat says the four education boards for each First Nation have been working together informally to provide better educational opportunities for their students.

Maskwacis bands look to form single school authority

"The studbook is a database of every living wildcat that has been part of that captive population.

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