house cats

plural of house cat
as in cats
a small domestic animal known for catching mice the house cat at the Cheshire Cat Bookstore has the dual responsibility of being mascot and mouser

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Noun
  • The lions were hunted to the brink of extinction in India, before a ban on killing the cats was put in place in Gujarat a century ago.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Obsessing over those cats is a campy Kristen Wiig, while Laila Lockhart Kraner returns from the series as Gabby and Gloria Estefan plays her grandmother.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • The man is seen in the video leading officers upstairs, where kittens were found inside a room.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Not far from where the 13th panther of this year was found dead, two panther kittens were spotted with their mother in Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, McClatchy News reported in July.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
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“House cats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20cats. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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