fur demon

noun

An animal with fur, such as a cat or dog, especially one seen as mischievous or badly behaved.

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Meanings

nounfur demon (plural fur demons)

plural fur demons · alternative fur-demon

  1. colloquialhumorousAn animal with fur, such as a cat or dog, especially one seen as mischievous or badly behaved.

    In other words, I might be stuck with the little fur-demon all night.

    2016, Tracy Weber, Karma's a Killer: A Downward Dog Mystery, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    Only he gets distracted, goes mountain climbing for a bit, helps dismantle a despotic regime, fights a tiger, runs in circles looking for an ancient scroll, lands a gyrocopter on someone's house and develops a caustic vendetta against nature's sweet-sounding fur demon, the honey badger.

    2014 November 15, Ludwig Kietzmann, “Far Cry 4 review: Home despot”, in Engadget, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2020

    No, as it turned out...no amount of snarling, or defecating in high-traffic areas, or trying to bite her with his gummy, toothless mouth, would ever steer her heart away from the four-legged fur demon.

    2024, Jean Meltzer, Magical Meet Cute, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fur, demon.
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APA

fur demon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur%20demon

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

Chicago

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

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