 the cat family Felidae and allied families.
2. In English, the combining form uro-, from Greek οὐρά, means: relating to a tail or the caudal region; it occurs in such terms as uropod, denoting the sixth and last pair of abdominal appendages of lobsters and related crustaceans, forming part of the tail fan.
further reading on cats:
the authentic origin of ‘to rain cats and dogs’
fat cat (wealthy and powerful person)
no room to swing a cat
to look like something the cat has brought in
the nonsensical origin of ‘Kilkenny cats’
to let the cat out of the bag
the Cat-and-Mouse Act
a cat may look at a king
to see which way the cat jumps
‘who’s she’—the cat’s mother?
like a cat on hot bricks
not a cat in hell’s chance
to grin like a Cheshire cat
‘the cat’s whiskers’, and all that jazz