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nouna cruelly rapacious person
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nounan exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
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"wildcat work stoppage"adjectivewithout official authorization
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nounany small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
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"drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation" "a wildcat mine" "wildcat drilling" "wildcat wells"adjective(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
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"wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks" "wildcat stock speculation" "a wildcat airline" "wildcat life insurance schemes"adjectiveoutside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
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Definition that contains wildcat
- cat feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- lynx short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
- ocelot nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
- jaguarundi long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
- catamount short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
- felis type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats
- genus felis type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats
- jungle cat small Asiatic wildcat
- felis ocreata widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
- margay cat small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil