Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, cat.
Any large feline animal, especially one of the Panthera genus, including tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.
Synonym of cat (sense 10, a wheeled shelter)
Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.