Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A domestic cat kept as an indoor pet.
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- noun A
pet cat that is not allowedoutside
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Examples
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Our housecat is all black, and she crosses my path several times a day.
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You are stupid, you are brainwashed and your average housecat is smarter than you will EVER be.
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According to research published last month in the journal Science, every housecat is a descendant of a Middle Eastern wildcat with the name Felis sylvestris ( "cat out of the woods.")
Boing Boing 2007
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When a beloved housecat is accidentally shot from a tree, Ivan takes it all in stride, reasoning, “It was an old cat.”
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2006
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Her chum of a publisher, her legally and bureaucratically entangled executive editor -- and with a "housecat" for public editor -- all have been confined to supporting roles.
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Kids Prefer Cheese: Obama is some kind of housecat?
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Play with a housecat and you'll see that something departing from them drives them up the wall ... but this kitty weighs 150 pounds, runs 40mph, jumps 40 feet across and 19 feet up, and is stronger than any man.
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Bobcats are barely bigger than a Maine Coon housecat, if at all.
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I guy mentioned them being as big as a main coon housecat, I dont know what this is but the biggest bobcat I ever caught weighed 42 pounds.
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Play with a housecat and you'll see that something departing from them drives them up the wall ... but this kitty weighs 150 pounds, runs 40mph, jumps 40 feet across and 19 feet up, and is stronger than any man.
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