English Explanatory Dictionary

catsfoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of cat's-paw: a foot of a cat; (figurative, obsolete) a person used unwittingly or through trickery by another.
  2. Synonym of ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea).
  3. Synonym of mountain cudweed (Antennaria dioica).

Word forms

catsfoot

Etymology

From cat's + foot. For its obsolete figurative sense, see cat's-paw.

Synonyms

cat's-paw ground ivy mountain cudweed
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