Does Latin have an animal-based term for coward, like scaredy-cat in English?

1. Where does the term scaredy cat originate from?
2. What does scared kitty mean?

Where does the term scaredy cat originate from?

The first records of scaredy-cat come from the 1930s. It is a combination of scared, the adjective version of the verb scare, and the suffix -y, which is used to make adjectives. (Of course, scared is already an adjective, so adding a –y to it is unusual, but not unheard of—the same thing happens in the word raggedy).

What does scared kitty mean?

: an unduly fearful person.