In American colloquial usage, a bearcat is an ornery sort of shaggy wild
cat, which does not necessarily correspond to an existing species -- it's
more of a catch-all term for a creature better left alone.
Insofar as this contest is concerned, I would consider it an "animal", as I
would the mythical Phoenix. The point, I take it, is to determine when
automobile manufacturers began to market products by creating romantic
associations, rather than just by citing technical specifications. However,
I am actually wondering what the source is for the Daimler Phoenix -- I had
never heard that name before, while the story of the first Mercedes is well
known.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 6/3/03 9:42 AM, Dean T. Lake at dtlake@erols.com wrote:
> That's the name for a car! The "Binturong"!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Root" <proot@iaces.com>
> To: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Animals
>
>
>> A web search did no good. But dictionary.com came up with this:
>>
>>
>> bearcat
>>
>> n : arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy
>> black hair [syn: binturong, Arctictis bintourong]
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