Chaus

See also: chaus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, coined in 1776 by German-speaking Johann Anton Güldenstädt, born in Riga, Latvia, to name a cat he discovered during a Russian expedition to the Caucasus.

Proper noun

Chaus m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – aquatic cats resembling Felis chaus chaus, the type subspecies of jungle cat.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Chaus caffer (kaffir cat), Chaus libyaeus (Libyan chaus) - selected species, both now subspecies Felis silvestris lybica (African wildcat)

Further reading

• “Chaus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Jungle cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Felis chaus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Noun

Chaus (plural Chauses)

1. Alternative letter-case form of chaus; obsolete spelling of chiaus.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chaus.

Anagrams

• Chasu