Home › Words › C › chauschaus/ˈkeɪ.ʌs/chaus means synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus).chaus is pronounced /ˈkeɪ.ʌs/.EtymologyFrom New Latin chaus, from a native, probably Turkic, name; compare Nogai кавыс (kavıs).nounSynonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chausie 72% match — A large, shorthair, domestic cat hybrid, crossbred from a female Abyssinian and a male Felis chaus. vs chaus →chouka 67% match — Synonym of chousingha. vs chaus →chatot 60% match — Synonym of Chacato. vs chaus →chachachá 60% match — Synonym of cha-cha. vs chaus →chachacha 59% match — Synonym of cha-cha. vs chaus →chibigouazou 59% match — A kind of ocelot, described secondhand in 1827 as subspecies Felis pardalis chibigouazou, probably either of subspecies Leopardus pardalis mitis or Leopardus pardalis pseudopardalis. vs chaus →chati 57% match — A small South American subspecies of tiger cat (Leopardus pardalis mitis), native to Argentina and Paraguay. vs chaus →jairou 57% match — An Asian gazelle, the chinkara. vs chaus →