• (n.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).
Cha`ti' noun [ Confer French chat cat.] (Zoology) A small South American species of tiger cat ( Felis mitis ). 
The Chati a species of small leopard found in South America, very destructive to small quadrupeds and birds, and especially to poultry-yards, but so gentle, when domesticated, as to have gained for itself the name of Felis mitis, or gentle leopard.