tiger cat noun7 •Any of several species of felids. •An oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus). •A margay (Leopardus wiedii). •An ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). •A serval (Leptailurus serval). •A member of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats (rendered as Tiger-Cat). •(Australia) A tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus).A capacious room […] slowly appeared around me, large enough to accommodate perhaps twenty people, though presently home only to two potaroos & one tiger cat which had scampered out after I entered. — 2001 formstiger cats