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splintercat

splintercat noun: a fictional cat-like animal of the Pacific Northwest said to run into trees, knocking the branches off and withering the trunks.

Noun

splintercat (plural splintercats)

  1. (US) A fictional cat-like animal of the Pacific Northwest said to run into trees, knocking the branches off and withering the trunks.

Forms of splintercat

pluralsplintercats

Origin of splintercat

splinter + cat

Questions about splintercat

What does splintercat mean?
Splintercat means a fictional cat-like animal of the Pacific Northwest said to run into trees, knocking the branches off and withering the trunks.
What part of speech is splintercat?
Splintercat is a noun.
What is the plural of splintercat?
The plural of splintercat is splintercats.

Words near splintercat in the dictionary

  1. splinter skill
  2. splinter skills
  3. splinter up
  4. splinter-new
  5. splinterable
  6. splintercat
  7. splintercats
  8. splinterd
  9. splintered
  10. splintered up
  11. splinteriness

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