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Meanings of tabby in inglés

español
tapia

Concrete containing oyster shells, used in southeastern Colonial America.

tapia
portugués
gato
catalán
gata
español
gata

Female cat.

gata
Synonyms
Examples for "queen"
Examples for "queen"
1
He was quite sure he knew what the young queen was thinking.
Torch of Freedom
2
Obama met the queen three times, including a state visit in 2011.
Reuters
3
The queen dropped in a fainting-fit; and the brute left the room.
The Peasant and the Prince
4
Therefore, I plan to offer our resignation to the queen, he said.
The Irish Times
5
For thousands of years he experimented, concealing his work from the queen.
Faefever

Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.

Related terms

A cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black.

Usage of tabby in inglés
1
The wild cat supports itself and the tabby cat has its million.
The University of Hard Knocks
2
It is, in fact, a tabby without the black stripes or spots.
Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
3
Her tabby hood came down in a peak between her green eyes.
Mary Olivier: a Life
4
One of Bertie Briggs's tabby cats begins to walk a high wire.
Second glance
5
At Taliesin West, one of the cooks had owned a tabby cat.
The Hyperion Cantos
6
She tested the liquid, rolling up her eyes like a greedy tabby.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
7
The cat, a furry tabby, loped past, giving her a disdainful look.
The Naked God
8
Bandit and Brandy were joined by another tabby kitten I named Snookums.
My best friends have hairy legs
9
To us, Thomas only looks like an ordinary, sleek, well-fed, tabby cat.
More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme
10
Not with them but not far behind came the tabby cat.
The subtle knife
11
There are the tigers also, the brown tabby, and the orange and white.
Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
12
I won't have you baited by all the old tabby-cats in the neighbourhood.
The Vision of Desire
13
The real tortoise-shell is not a striped tiger nor a tabby.
Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
14
Among cat fanciers there is a distinctive variety known as the tortoise-shell tabby.
Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
15
Two tabby cats sat up by the fender, blinking and nodding with sleep.
Mary Olivier: a Life
16
The Herald Live reported that Leah is a four-year-old tabby cat.
The South African
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Translations for tabby
portugués
gato
catalán
gata
Tabby through the time
Tabby across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common