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catkind

catkind noun: all cats, considered as a group.

Noun

catkind (uncountable)

  1. All cats, considered as a group.
    • What Eliot had in mind by writing "Growltiger's Last Stand" is difficult to say unless it was to present catkind in one of its most deplorable states.1978, Francelia Butler, editor, Children's literature, Volume 7

Origin of catkind

From cat + -kind, by anology with mankind.

Questions about catkind

What does catkind mean?
Catkind means all cats, considered as a group.
What part of speech is catkind?
Catkind is a noun.

Words near catkind in the dictionary

  1. cativo
  2. cativos
  3. catjang
  4. catjangs
  5. catkin
  6. catkind
  7. catkinlike
  8. catkins
  9. CATL
  10. catlap
  11. Catledge

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