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Meanings of calico cat in English

Russian
трёхцветная кошка
Spanish
gato calicó
Catalan
gat calicó
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Domestic cats with a spotted or partly-colored coat that is predominantly white.

        Related terms
        трёхцветная кошка

        A cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "calico cats"
              Examples for "calico cats"
              1
              Commenting on the findings, Chris Gunter, senior editor at Nature's Washington office, compared women to calico cats.
              Wired
              Usage of calico cat in English
              1
              The calico cat came into the room and jumped into her lap.
              All souls' rising
              2
              A calico cat sauntered in from the hallway to strop the innkeeper's ankles.
              To the blight: the eye of the world
              3
              In America, it is sometimes called the calico cat.
              Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
              4
              Coming from the shower room, the calico cat girl was no longer having her seizure.
              Fantastic Orgy
              5
              A calico cat plays at her feet; a splash of canary sits on her shoulder.
              Second glance
              6
              But the gingham dog and the calico cat
              McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
              7
              All she wanted to do was get home, snuggle with Izzy, her calico cat, and veg out.
              The soul catcher
              8
              The gingham dog and the calico cat
              McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
              9
              A short-haired calico cat came trotting lightly along the path, stopping in a dapple of bright sunlight.
              James Potter and the Morrigan Web
              10
              A calico cat startled him by appearing out of the shadows to curve and purr against his shins.
              All souls' rising
              11
              In other words, half of the patches of a calico cat produce fur with genes from the mother.
              Wired
              12
              The switching of genes is responsible for everything from cancer to the mottled fur of a calico cat.
              Wired
              13
              Madame Lefoux accepted a cup of tea and sat on another little settee, next to the relocated calico cat.
              Changeless
              14
              Lying on the floor of the shower room, it was a woman with calico cat fur covering her body.
              Fantastic Orgy
              15
              A fat calico cat lounged in possession of an overstuffed hassock and one or two dead tassels near the fire.
              Soulless
              16
              On the fourth floor landing two flights above him, he saw the calico cat, Tabby, who had lived in Amy's room.
              Shadows
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