calico
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- noun
- /ˈkælɪkoʊ/
:
gata calico
- At the park, we saw a playful calico chasing after butterflies.
- calico cat
- calico kitten
- little calico
Examples
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A calico cat skitters out of the kitchen, spots Tully, panics, and runs upstairs.
Fiction book (2000) -
She held a calico cat and a saucer of cream.
Fiction book (1995) -
Did you see a calico run out the door when you opened the door?
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We have one calico cat.
Blog text (21) -
Can we have a calico kitten?
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We have a small calico kitten.
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It was a calico, gray striped with a broad white face and an orange nose.
Fiction book (1998) -
She is a pretty cat, a calico marbled evenly with orange and black.
Fiction book (1999) -
There in the weeds beside the road was a calico kitten exactly the same size as our captive.
Blog text (21) -
My friend just adopted a sweet calico cat from the shelter.
Synonyms
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A cat with patches of black, white and orange fur
Compounds
- US
A small North American plant with clusters of tiny white flowers often tinged pink or purple
- US
An evergreen shrub also called mountain laurel, with glossy leaves and white or pink flowers that grows in North America
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word calico for a cat comes from the cloth called calico because the cat's fur looks like the fabric's bright patches. So a 'calico' cat is one with orange, black and white patches, just like pieces of the printed cloth.