house cat

noun

Synonyms of house cat next

: cat sense 1a

Examples of house cat in a Sentence

the house cat at the Cheshire Cat Bookstore has the dual responsibility of being mascot and mouser

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These small cats, often mistaken for house cats due to their size and coloration, are capable jumpers and hunters of small mammals and birds. —

Tom Howarth follow, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 The octopus, the elephant, the great horned owl, the house cat, the giant tortoise, the chimpanzee: who, in all the vast animal kingdom, joins us in having intimations of mortality? —

Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Then again, that seriousness can also be interpreted as the very thing an anti-suffragist postcard maker was mocking by attaching it to a fluffy house cat. —

Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024 And a bonus for readers of Brandon's story: How a house cat was responsible for water over-use in one Austin, Texas., home. —

Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for house cat