bear cat

Meanings

nounbear cat (plural bear cats)

A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).
USarchaicslangAn excellent or formidable thing or person.
"Carmen's a bear cat," I says. "If they was all as good as Carmen, I'd go every night."
1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post
Synonym of cat bear (“a red panda”).
Synonyms: cat bear

nounSynonym of cat bear (“a red panda”).

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nounreddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

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