(n) Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808), Syn. Gaetan Vestris
(n) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat, Syn. Felis silvestris, catamountain
prop. n. (Bot.) The species name of the tall mallow, an erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced into the U. S. Syn. -- tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, cheeseflower. [ WordNet 1.5 ]