Well-known quadruped domestic animal from the family of predatory
felines (_Felis ochreata domestica_), with a thick, soft pelt;
often kept as a pet. Various folklores have the cat associated
with magic and the gods of ancient Egypt.

"So Ulthar went to sleep in vain anger; and when the people awakened
at dawn - behold! Every cat was back at his accustomed hearth!
Large and small, black, grey, striped, yellow and white, none was
missing. Very sleek and fat did the cats appear, and sonorous with
purring content."

[ The Cats of Ulthar, by H.P. Lovecraft ]