Cat

Cat

The domestic cat (Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus) is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal. It is often called the housecat when kept as an indoor pet, or simply the cat when there is no need to distinguish it from other felids and felines. Cats are valued by humans for companionship and their ability to hunt vermin and household pests.

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Famous quotes containing the word cat:

    ““A cat may look at a king,” said Alice. “I’ve read that in some book, but I don’t remember where.””
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “The dog is mentioned in the Bible eighteen times—the cat not even once.”
    —W.E. Farbstein. Quoted in “Hundkeit,” Mondo Canine, ed. Jon Winokur, Dutton (1991)

    “Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d.
    Thrice and once the hedge-pig whin’d.
    Harper cries: ‘Tis time, ‘tis time.
    Round about the cauldron go;
    In the poison’d entrails throw.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)