splintercat

noun

Etymology

splinter + cat

  1. derived from catta
  2. derived from cattus
  3. inherited from *kattuz
  4. inherited from *kattu
  5. inherited from catt
  6. inherited from cat
  7. compounded as splintercat — “splinter + cat

Definitions

  1. A fictional cat-like animal of the Pacific Northwest said to run into trees, knocking the…

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

The neighborhood

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