"nekomimi" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nekomimi.wav Forms: nekomimi [plural], nekomimis [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 猫耳 (nekomimi), from 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|猫耳|tr=nekomimi}} Japanese 猫耳 (nekomimi) Head templates: {{en-noun|nekomimi|s}} nekomimi (plural nekomimi or nekomimis)
  1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) Cat ears. Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Japanese fiction
    Sense id: en-nekomimi-en-noun-FXcSLvM7 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 53 47 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
  2. (chiefly Japanese fiction) (by metonymy, coming from meronymy) A fictional character who has cat ears on an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics such as a tail. Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Japanese fiction
    Sense id: en-nekomimi-en-noun-en:catgirl__metonymically Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: catperson Hypernyms: kemonomimi Hyponyms: catboy, catgirl

Inflected forms

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