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Definition of "housecat" [housecat]

  • A domestic cat kept as an indoor pet. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "housecat" in a sentence
  • "You are stupid, you are brainwashed and your average housecat is smarter than you will EVER be."
  • "Our housecat is all black, and she crosses my path several times a day."
  • "According to research published last month in the journal Science, every housecat is a descendant of a Middle Eastern wildcat with the name Felis sylvestris ( "cat out of the woods.")"