"catgirl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: catgirls [plural]
Etymology: From cat + girl. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cat|girl}} cat + girl Head templates: {{en-noun}} catgirl (plural catgirls)
  1. (chiefly Japanese and Japanese-influenced fiction) A female fictional character who has a cat's ears, tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body. Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Japanese fiction Translations (female character with feline characteristics): 貓人 (Chinese Mandarin), 猫人 (māorén) (Chinese Mandarin), 貓娘 (Chinese Mandarin), 猫娘 (māoniáng) (Chinese Mandarin), katulino (Esperanto), kissatyttö (Finnish), fille-chat [feminine] (French), Katzemädchen [feminine] (German), 猫娘 (nekomusume) (Japanese), dziewczyna-kot [feminine] (Polish), catgirl [feminine] (Portuguese), девушка-кошка (devuška-koška) [feminine] (Russian), chica gata [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-catgirl-en-noun-D5qgzc8f Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'female character with feline characteristics': 97 3
  2. A girl or woman who wears a cat costume.
    Sense id: en-catgirl-en-noun-mBiPpk36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cat girl, cat-girl Related terms: neko, nekomimi, catboy, shipgirl

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