noncat

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ cat.

Noun

noncat (plural noncats)

1. That which is not a cat.
   • 1987, Ronald W. Langacker, Foundations of Cognitive Grammar: Theoretical prerequisites:

     […] the observation that something is black would not suffice to identify it as a (black) cat since many noncats are also black.

   • 2002, Karen Pryor, Don't shoot the dog!: the new art of teaching and training:

     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 […]

Anagrams

• Canton, Conant, Nacton, cannot, canton, nonact