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farm cat noun[ C ] uk /ˈfɑːm ˌkæt/ us /ˈfɑːrm ˌkæt/(US usuallybarn cat) a pet cat that is a mixture of breeds, lives mostly outdoors, for example on a farm, and is able to find its own food: The farm cat had just given birth to kittens in the barn. Female farm cats can have territories of up to 15 acres. There were no dogs on the property, just a couple of farm cats, and they were fairly tame. A farm cat can pass on foot-and-mouth disease, making it very hard to contain. I drove down a long muddy driveway into a yard filled with farm cats. There have been studies of feral or half-feral farm cats that show behaviours very similar to those of lions in the wild. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Felines (cats) Abyssinian American shorthair barn cat Bengal Bengal tiger feline Himalayan house cat jaguar Japanese bobtail ocelot Oriental shorthair panther Persian Persian cat Siberian Singapura snowshoe Sphynx tiger |