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TABBY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tabby mean?
• TABBY (noun)
The noun TABBY has 2 senses:
1. a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
2. female cat
Familiarity information: TABBY used as a noun is rare.
• TABBY (adjective)
The adjective TABBY has 1 sense:
1. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Familiarity information: TABBY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
tabby; tabby cat
Hypernyms ("tabby" is a kind of...):
domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Female cat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
queen; tabby
Hypernyms ("tabby" is a kind of...):
domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Synonyms:
brinded; brindle; brindled; tabby
Similar:
patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))
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