Noncat

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which is not a cat.

    "[…] the observation that something is black would not suffice to identify it as a (black) cat since many noncats are also black."

Example

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"[…] the observation that something is black would not suffice to identify it as a (black) cat since many noncats are also black."

Etymology

From non- + cat.

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