From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puss \Puss\ (p[.u]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.]
1. A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
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2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
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{Puss in the corner}, a game in which all the players but one
occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open
air, and exchange places, the one without a corner
endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving
some other without one.
{Puss moth} (Zool.), any one of several species of stout
bombycid moths belonging to {Cerura}, {Harpyia}, and
allied genera, esp. {Harpyia vinuli}, of Europe. The
larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puss
n 1: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: {cunt}, {puss},
{pussy}, {slit}, {snatch}, {twat}]
2: informal terms referring to a domestic cat [syn: {kitty},
{kitty-cat}, {puss}, {pussy}, {pussycat}]
From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]:
puss
kiss
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