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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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puss

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun puss has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

pussn. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.].
  •  A cat; -- a fondling appellation.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.  [1913 Webster]
Puss in the corner, a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one. -- Puss moth (Zoöl.), any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to Cerura, Harpyia, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larvæ are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

puss, n. colloq.
1 a cat (esp. as a form of address).
2 a playful or coquettish girl.
3 a hare.

Idiom
puss moth a large European moth, Cerura vinula.
Etymology
prob. f. MLG pus, Du. poes, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

puss

Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, alley cat, blue cat, bud, calico cat, cat, chick, chickabiddy, child, countenance, dial, face, facies, favor, features, feline, gib, gib-cat, grimalkin, house cat, juvenile, kid, kisser, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty, kitty-cat, lineaments, map, moppet, mouser, mug, mush, muzzle, nipper, pan, phiz, physiognomy, pussy, pussycat, silver cat, tabby, tabby cat, tiger cat, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, visage, youngster

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Animal

N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.

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