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nekomimi

nekomimi noun: cat ears.

nekomimi: cat ears
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Noun

nekomimi (plural nekomimi or nekomimis)

  1. (Japanese) Cat ears.
  2. (Japanese, broadly) A fictional character who has cat ears on an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics such as a tail.
    • Thank you, Galen - I was pretty sure that she wasn't really a nekomimi, but this gives me some proof.2005 February 17, Rob Kelk, “Re: DiGi Charat without her hat”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)

Synonyms of nekomimi

Forms of nekomimi

pluralnekomimi
pluralnekomimis

Origin of nekomimi

From Japanese 猫耳 (nekomimi), from 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”).

Questions about nekomimi

What does nekomimi mean?
Nekomimi means cat ears.
What part of speech is nekomimi?
Nekomimi is a noun.
What is the plural of nekomimi?
The plural of nekomimi is nekomimi.

Words near nekomimi in the dictionary

  1. neko
  2. neko café
  3. neko cafés
  4. nekodamashi
  5. nekoite
  6. nekomimi
  7. nekomimis
  8. nekos
  9. nekrasovite
  10. nekropoleis
  11. nekropoles

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