Wildcat
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A wildcat or wild cat is a species of cat, although the term is also used to describe the bobcat. Outside the animal world, the term may refer to several concepts in various fields:
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[edit] Sports
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, an English rugby league team in the engage Rugby Super League
- Connecticut Wildcats, an American rugby league team in the American National Rugby League
- Wildcats (BCAFL), the Southern Conference all-star team in the British Collegiate American Football League
- Perth Wildcats, an Australian basketball team in the National Basketball League
- Wildcat (auto racing), a type of chassis used in the CART World Series during the 1980's
Colleges and universities whose sports teams and mascots are named "Wildcats":
- Central Washington University
- University of Arizona
- University of Kentucky
- Villanova University
- Northwestern University
- Wheelock College
- Davidson College
- Kansas State University
- University of New Hampshire
- Weber State University
- Westminster Choir College of Rider University
High Schools whose sports teams and mascots are named "Wildcats":
- Mesquite High School (Gilbert, Arizona)
- Vermont Academy
- Kimball Union Academy
- The Wheatley School (Old Westbury, New York)
[edit] People
- Wild Cat (comedian), a comedian
- Wild Cat (Seminole), a Seminole chief who was active in the Second Seminole War
- Cheyenne Silver, exotic dancer and actress whose early stage name was Wildcat.
- Chris Harris (wrestler), aka Wildcat Chris Harris, a professional wrestler working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- Wildcatter, a person who drills oil wells in areas that are not known to be oil fields.
[edit] Entertainment
- Wildcats (film), a 1986 movie starring Goldie Hawn
- WildCat (Cedar Point), a roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio
- "Wildcat (song)", a song on the WWE Anthology album
- Wildcat (comics), a DC comics comic book character
- Wildcats (comics), a Wildstorm comic book team
[edit] Left-Wing Culture
- Wildcat (communist), a communist organization in the USA.
- Wildcat (comic strip), an anarchist cartoon strip by Donald Rooum
- wildcat strike, a strike action of workers that is not authorized by union leadership.
- Wildcat (theatre company), a left-wing Scottish theatre troupe
[edit] Technology and Industry
- Wildcat (chess), a chess engine.
- F4F Wildcat, an America World War II era fighter plane
- Wildcat (graphic card), a graphics card series produced by 3Dlabs
- Wildcat wells, oil wells drilled in an unexplored area
- Wildcat! BBS, a bulletin board system software package
- wildcat cartridge, a specialty cartridge not produced by commercial ammunition manufacturers.
