noun
small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia
• Syn: ↑manul, ↑Felis manul
• Hypernyms: ↑wildcat
• Member Holonyms: ↑Felis, ↑genus Felis
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\\ˈpaləsə̇z-\ noun or pallas catUsage: usually capitalized P
Etymology: after Peter S. Pallas
: manul
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Pallas's cat /palˈə-siz kat/
noun
A wildcat of central Asia, Felix manul (also called manul)
ORIGIN: Peter Pallas (1741–1811), German naturalist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.