nekomimi
nounEtymology From Japanese 猫耳 (nekomimi), from 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”).
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Fiction, Literature, Media, Publishing Japanese Cat ears.
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Fiction, Literature, Media, Publishing Japanese, Broadly A fictional character who has cat ears on an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics such as a tail.
- Thank you, Galen - I was pretty sure that she wasn't really a nekomimi, but this gives me some proof.2005 February 17, Rob Kelk, “Re: DiGi Charat without her hat”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
- Synonyms
- catperson
- Related terms
- monster boy, monster girl
- Hypernyms
- kemonomimi