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What (who) is Tabby - definition

DOMESTIC CAT WITH A DISTINCTIVE COAT MARKED BY STRIPES, DOTS, LINES, OR OTHER PATTERNS

Tabby; Tabby Cat; Tabby cats; Silver tabby; Red classic tabby and white; Orange tabby; Mackerel tabby; Red Tabby; Red tabby; Tabby coat pattern; Tabby (cat); Brown tabby; Tabbie; Spotted tabby; Striped tabby

tabby

(tabbies)

A tabby or a tabby cat is a cat whose fur has dark stripes on a lighter background.

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tabby

¦ noun (plural tabbies)

1. a grey or brownish cat mottled or streaked with dark stripes.

2. silk or other fabric with a watered pattern.

3. a plain weave.

4. concrete made of lime, shells, gravel, and stones, which dries very hard.

Word History

Tabby entered English in the 16th century, and originally referred to a kind of striped silk taffeta; it derives from French tabis, which was based on the Arabic name (al-?Attabiyya) of the quarter of Baghdad where the taffeta was manufactured. The tabby cat is thought to have got its name because its streaked coat was reminiscent of the fabric.

Tabby

·noun An old maid or gossip.

II. Tabby ·noun A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.

III. Tabby ·adj Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

IV. Tabby ·adj Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.

V. Tabby ·noun A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.

VI. Tabby ·noun A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.

VII. Tabby ·vt To Water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to Calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, ·etc.

Wikipedia

Tabby cat

A tabby is any domestic cat (Felis catus) with a distinctive 'M'-shaped marking on its forehead; stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks, along its back, and around its legs and tail; and (differing by tabby type), characteristic striped, dotted, lined, flecked, banded, or swirled patterns on the body—neck, shoulders, sides, flanks, chest, and abdomen. "Tabby" is not a breed of cat, but a coat type seen in almost all genetic lines of domestic cats, regardless of status.

The tabby pattern is found in many official cat breeds and is a hallmark of the landrace extremely common among the general population of cats around the world. The tabby pattern occurs naturally and is connected both to the coat of the domestic cat's direct ancestor and to those of their close relatives: the African wildcat (Felis lybica lybica), the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica ornata), all of which have similar coats, both by pattern and coloration. One genetic study of tabbies found five genetic clusters to be ancestral to cats of various parts of the world.

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Examples of use of Tabby

1. For the little newborn snuggling up to Sky the tabby cat is, in fact, a rottweiler.

2. It knows in its bones that the tiger is an altogether different proposition from the tabby next door.

3. His case drew worldwide attention for the role played by Fred the tabby, a rescued stray.

4. Recently, I’d unexpectedly grown to like one very old gentle female tabby called Mabel.

5. The cub‘s mother, Kirtie, is a tabby while the father, Mathatma, is a traditional Bengal.