"noncat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: noncats [plural]
Etymology: From non- + cat. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|cat}} non- + cat Head templates: {{en-noun}} noncat (plural noncats)
  1. That which is not a cat.

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1987, Ronald W. Langacker, Foundations of Cognitive Grammar: Theoretical prerequisites:",
          "text": "[…] the observation that something is black would not suffice to identify it as a (black) cat since many noncats are also black.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Karen Pryor, Don't shoot the dog!: the new art of teaching and training:",
          "text": "Cats will even copy noncats. One evening my daughter spent an hour teaching her poodle to sit on a child's rocking chair and rock it […]",
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        }
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        "That which is not a cat."
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        ]
      ]
    }
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}
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Karen Pryor, Don't shoot the dog!: the new art of teaching and training:",
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