Nekomimi

Origin

From Japanese 猫耳, from 猫 (neko, "cat") + 耳 (mimi, "ear").

Full definition of nekomimi

Noun

1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) A fictional character who has cat ears on an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics such as a tail.
• February 17 2005, Rob Kelk, Re: DiGi Charat without her hat, Thank you, Galen - I was pretty sure that she wasn't really a nekomimi, but this gives me some proof.

Synonyms

• catperson

Hypernyms

• kemonomimi

Hyponyms

• catboy
• catgirl