English
splintercat
splinter + cat
Today it means
noun A fictional cat-like animal of the Pacific Northwest said to run into trees, knocking the branches off and withering the trunks.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “splintercat”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / splintercat