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: a biennial cudweed (Gnaphalium obtusifolium) with linear lanceolate leaves that are decurrent as wings down the stem
: a short round compact foot like a cat's
a hound with a good cat foot—
A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling
: to move in a manner suggesting a cat (as stealthily or silently)
the butler came cat-footing back along the hall—Raymond Chandler
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“Catfoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catfoot. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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