tomcat

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The Cats Protection charity said the family in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, was also being watched over by a tomcat, which was "very unusual".

From BBC • May 18, 2021

Felis up: A particularly aggressive species of orange tomcat.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2017

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles” features Ginger, a yellow-tabby tomcat who, despite being a shopkeeper, prefers not to serve the mice who enter his store, “because he said it made his mouth water.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 1, 2016

I remember feeling like a mouse that had found the tiniest hole for escape while a giant tomcat loomed.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2012

Charlie was the one who’d brought me Mr. Whiskers, a sorry-looking tomcat who purred his way into my heart.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson