red cat, noun phrase
- Origin:
- South African Dutch, AfrikaansShow more Translation of South African Dutch roode kat, later Afrikaans rooikat.
The rooikat (sense 1), Felis caracal.
1731 G. Medley tr. of P. Kolben’s Present State of Cape of G.H. II. 127There are a few that are call’d Wild Red Cats. These have a streak of bright Red running along the Ridge of the Back, from the Neck to the Tail, and Losing its self in Gray and White on the sides.
1970 S. Sharpe Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)The red-cats have been getting my sheep.
The rooikat (sense 1), Felis caracal.
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