“cat's”

The following 18 entries include the term cat's.

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cat's cradle

noun

: a game in which a string looped in a pattern like a cradle on the fingers of one person's hands is transferred to the hands of another so as to form a different figure

cat's-eye

noun

: any of various gems (such as a chrysoberyl or a chalcedony) exhibiting opalescent reflections from within

cat's meow

noun

: a highly admired person or thing

cat's-paw

noun

: a light air that ruffles the surface of the water in irregular patches during a calm

cat's-claw

noun

: a climbing shrub (Doxantha unguis-cati) with hooked tendrils

cat's-ear

noun

: a European weed (Hypochaeris radicata) now widely naturalized in North America that has yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ear

cat's-foot

noun

cat's pajamas

noun

: a highly admired or exceptionally excellent person or thing

cat's purr

noun

: a vibratory murmur heard on auscultation or a vibratory fremitus felt on palpation in some cases of valvular disease of the heart

cat's-tail

noun

: any of several grasses of the genus Phleum

cat's-tail

variant of 1

cat's whisker

variant of cat whisker

cat's whiskers

noun

: a highly admired or exceptionally excellent person or thing

Florida cat's-claw

noun

meadow cat's-tail grass

noun
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