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mouser

noun

Definition of mouser

as in kitty

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Recent Examples of mouser At this point, Larry the cat, the Downing Street chief mouser, may be one of the country's few remaining sources of political continuity. — Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026 The Kelce family may soon be growing again, but this time with a fur baby, particularly a mouser cat. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Snakes, such as garter snakes and thread snakes, eat snails, ant larvae, and other invertebrates, while gopher snakes, rat snakes, and other larger snakes are excellent mousers and will even take packrats, Amarello says. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 6 May 2026 Bishop herself appears in the belly of an especially large robot that very vaguely resembles a mouser with arms and feels a lot like a hint at Krang, the evil brain from Dimension X that terrorized the Turtles in the 1987 cartoon series. — Wes Davis, The Verge, 9 June 2024 Aoshima, after all, hadn’t always been a cat island; once, it had been populated mostly by people, fishermen, who brought the cats over to work as mousers. — Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023 Though cats had been employed as chief mousers for centuries, Larry was the first to be given the official title. — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023 Koudounaris learned of an army tomcat named the Colonel, for example, who was stationed at San Francisco’s Presidio in the 1890s and was said to be the best mouser the army ever had. — Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020 The 12-year-old tabby is the government’s official chief mouser to the Cabinet Office. — Washington Post, 24 July 2019

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Noun

Melvin may be tiny, but his spirit is not, and the kitty has beaten all the odds, including two parasites, an upper respiratory infection, and an eye infection.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
The CleanWell Self Cleaning litter box is definitely one appliance that will benefit you as much as your kitty.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of kitty

Noun

Yeo recommends keeping treats below 10% of a cat’s daily calories or using part of the regular food allowance as rewards.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
High-quality photos and fun videos allow people to see personalities of dogs and cats that may not shine through during a regular shelter visit.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of cat

Noun

Earlier this year, the kitten was discovered in the wild and closely monitored by biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as part of panther conservation efforts.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Tiffany Haddish Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key’s 2016 action comedy Keanu centers on the duo trying to save the eponymous kitten, played by seven identical rescue cats.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of kitten

Noun

Oh, and there’s also the plot following a community of junkyard pussycats competing in a talent show to decide who is allowed to die and be reborn in the Heaviside Layer — cat heaven.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
Democracy is a tiger, not a pussycat.

— Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026

Definition of pussycat

Noun

The creature, smaller than a house cat and uniquely round, appeared in social media users’ posts waddling across lawns, fences, and cables around the city.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Will Huebner / Santa Barbara Zoo Red pandas, which are a little larger than a house cat, are considered endangered, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 28 July 2026

Definition of house cat

Noun

Soon a second cat show was organized, this time permitting working men and women to enter their moggies for display.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024

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