bearcat

[ bair-kat ]

/ ˈbɛərˌkæt /

Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.

binturong.

a panda, Ailurus fulgens.

Origin of bearcat

First recorded in 1885–90; bear² + cat

The Kid and the Bearcat stepped out of sight, and likewise the beefy man.

Good References |E. J. Rath
Dowdell's Bearcat for June is wholly given over to notes of the amateur world.

Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 |Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The Kid and the Bearcat were in view again, no longer nonchalantly inert, but in animated action.

Good References |E. J. Rath
The Bearcat came back with a volley of short-arm jabs, rocking the Kid's head.

Good References |E. J. Rath

So th' Bearcat, he don't mind, an' we touches it off t'-night.

Good References |E. J. Rath

bearcat

/ (ˈbɛəˌkæt) /

another name for lesser panda See panda (def. 2)