cat-fur

A form of cat fur — Fur from a cat.

Meanings

nouncat-fur (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of cat fur.

    Lyra could see nothing: her face was buried in Pantalaimon's cat-fur.

    2015, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass, →ISBN
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    It should be able to make out the many thousands of cat-fur bugs which live in such heaps.

    1992, Phee Line, Kate Taylor, How to train your cat, →ISBN, page 55

    They spat and clawed and fought until they dimmed away and finally disappeared in a flying fog of cat-fur.

    1994, Mark Twain, Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches, →ISBN

    The statue sitting on the throne wore the Warlock's cat-fur coat, but it also showed Guismond as a warrior King.

    2013, Cornelia Funke, Fearless, →ISBN

    Dafydd rides alongside, smothered in his travelling cloak with a baggy cat-fur hat on his head.

    2015, Toby Clements, Winter Pilgrims, →ISBN, page 329
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APA

cat-fur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat-fur

MLA

“cat-fur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat-fur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cat-fur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat-fur.

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