Acoustic Kitty

proper noun

A project launched by the CIA in the 1960s during the Cold War with the intention to use cats with microphones in their ear canals and small radio transmitters at the bases of their skulls to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet embassies.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA project launched by the CIA in the 1960s during the Cold War with the intention to use cats with microphones in their ear canals and small radio transmitters at the bases of their skulls to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet embassies.
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Acoustic Kitty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acoustic%20Kitty

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“Acoustic Kitty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acoustic%20Kitty. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Acoustic Kitty,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acoustic%20Kitty.

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