tabby-cat

  • 1Tabby cat — For other uses, see Tabby (disambiguation). Common mackerel tabby, with the classic M on forehead, and striped pattern A tabby is any cat that has a distinctive coat that features stripes, dots, lines or swirling patterns, usually together with… …

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  • 2tabby cat — noun a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black • Syn: ↑tabby • Hypernyms: ↑domestic cat, ↑house cat, ↑Felis domesticus, ↑Felis catus * * * tabby cat noun 1 …

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  • 3Tabby Cat (solitaire) — Tabby Cat is a long version of solitaire in a similar vein to other variants such as Aces Up. The play consists of four stacks in the tableau, with an additional tail , where partial builds can be placed. Four foundations are available, and the… …

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  • 4tabby cat — n. brown or grey cat with striped markings …

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  • 5tabby cat —   See cat …

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  • 6tabby cat heart — a condition of the heart in which the inner surface of the ventricular wall and the papillary muscles are streaked and spotted; seen in marked cases of fatty degeneration. Called also thrush breast h., tiger h., and tiger lily h …

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  • 7tabby cat striation — tigroid striation a striation or marking on muscle tissue that has undergone marked fatty degeneration; seen especially in degenerated heart muscle …

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  • 8Tabby (disambiguation) — Tabby may refer to:* Tabby cat, a cat with a distinctive coat * Tabby (cement), a building material * Tabby Cat (solitaire), a card game * Tabby Callaghan, a musician * A character in the .hack//Roots anime series * A nickname for the name… …

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  • 9tabby — (n.) 1630s, striped silk taffeta, from Fr. tabis a rich, watered silk (originally striped), from M.Fr. atabis (14c.), from Arabic attabiya, from Attabiy, a neighborhood of Baghdad where such cloth was first made, named for prince Attab of the… …

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  • 10mackerel tabby cat — a cat with characteristic, gently wavy bars on the flank, reminiscent of the fish pattern. The most common tabby pattern. Also called fishbone tabby …

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