"desktop mascot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: desktop mascots [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Japanese デスクトップマスコット, from English desktop + mascot. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ja|デスクトップマスコット}} Calque of Japanese デスクトップマスコット, {{der|en|en|desktop}} English desktop, {{m|en|mascot}} mascot Head templates: {{en-noun}} desktop mascot (plural desktop mascots)
  1. (Japan) (A computer program that places) an interactive character on the desktop. Tags: Japan Categories (topical): Computing Translations (interactive character on the desktop): デスクトップマスコット (desukutoppu masukotto) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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