calico cat

calico cat

noun
a domestic cat, especially a female one, of variegated black, yellow, and white coloring.
Also called tortoise-shell cat.


Origin:
1950–55
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calico cat

noun
a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings [syn: tortoiseshell
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