Usually means: Love or fondness for cats.
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  1. ailurophilia: Collins English Dictionary
  2. ailurophilia: Wiktionary
  3. ailurophilia: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. ailurophilia: Dictionary.com
  5. ailurophilia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  6. ailurophilia: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ailurophilia: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  A fondness or love for cats or other felines.

Similar:
cynophilia, zoophilism, philocyny, zoophilist, zoophilite, canophilia, zoophilia, cat fur, felinity, philotherian, more...

Opposite:
ailurophobia, catophobia, felinophobia

Types:
domestic cat, tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar, cheetah, lynx, puma, more...

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Similar:
cynophilia, zoophilism, philocyny, zoophilist, zoophilite, canophilia, zoophilia, cat fur, felinity, philotherian, more...

Opposite:
ailurophobia, catophobia, felinophobia

Types:
domestic cat, tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar, cheetah, lynx, puma, more...



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