Tabby
noun
A cat with a coat featuring distinctive stripes and swirls.
The tabby cat curled up on the rug.
Often appears as...
- tabby cat
- striped tabby
adjective
Describing a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
The tabby kitten purred softly.
Often appears as...
- tabby pattern
- tabby markings
noun
A type of plain-woven silk or similar fabric.
She wore a dress made of tabby.
Often appears as...
- tabby silk
- tabby weave
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Technical
noun
A cat with a coat featuring distinctive stripes and swirls.
The tabby cat curled up on the rug.
Often appears as...
- tabby cat
- striped tabby
adjective
Describing a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
The tabby kitten purred softly.
Often appears as...
- tabby pattern
- tabby markings
noun
A type of plain-woven silk or similar fabric.
She wore a dress made of tabby.
Often appears as...
- tabby silk
- tabby weave
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Description
Refers specifically to cats with striped patterns, not just any pet.
Her new pet is a tabby, with lovely dark stripes.
Pro Tip 2/3Pattern Variety
Stripes on tabbies can be spirals, whorls, or spots along with stripes.
You can identify a classic tabby by its whirls on the sides.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Breed
'Tabby' describes a cat's coat pattern, not its breed or species.
Many different breeds, like the Maine Coon, can have tabby coats.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Description
Refers specifically to cats with striped patterns, not just any pet.
Her new pet is a tabby, with lovely dark stripes.
Pro Tip 2/3Pattern Variety
Stripes on tabbies can be spirals, whorls, or spots along with stripes.
You can identify a classic tabby by its whirls on the sides.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Breed
'Tabby' describes a cat's coat pattern, not its breed or species.
Many different breeds, like the Maine Coon, can have tabby coats.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Description
Refers specifically to cats with striped patterns, not just any pet.
Her new pet is a tabby, with lovely dark stripes.
Pro Tip 2/3Pattern Variety
Stripes on tabbies can be spirals, whorls, or spots along with stripes.
You can identify a classic tabby by its whirls on the sides.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Breed
'Tabby' describes a cat's coat pattern, not its breed or species.
Many different breeds, like the Maine Coon, can have tabby coats.
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
that all they had to breed with were domestic cats they had such a weak population so over the last hundred years what you've seen with the wildcats in scotland is wildcats becoming more and more tabby cat your home cat basically the point is virtually none left and that's why they have now been declared as function extinct in the uk
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How urban spaces can...
It's where slaves were stored. Imagine this hallowed ground. So in this new design, the ground will erupt, and it will talk about this tension that sits below. The columns and the ground is made of tabby shales scooped up from the Atlantic,
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Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
tabby says tiffany blue hmm the same blue as the sky on a winter's morning no you know what this the blue of a sky of the sky on a winter's morning in a
Video examples
Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
that all they had to breed with were domestic cats they had such a weak population so over the last hundred years what you've seen with the wildcats in scotland is wildcats becoming more and more tabby cat your home cat basically the point is virtually none left and that's why they have now been declared as function extinct in the uk
Video examples
How urban spaces can...
It's where slaves were stored. Imagine this hallowed ground. So in this new design, the ground will erupt, and it will talk about this tension that sits below. The columns and the ground is made of tabby shales scooped up from the Atlantic,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
tabby says tiffany blue hmm the same blue as the sky on a winter's morning no you know what this the blue of a sky of the sky on a winter's morning in a
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Quote examples
Graeme Base
English Artist
I have pets, but they're the really ordinary sort - yellow Labrador, tabby cat, white rabbit, a few goldfish - that kind of stuff. Nothing very... extravagant or unusual or exotic, but I find, in terms of inspiration, Mother Nature is just it.
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Ned Beauman
British Novelist
I was always determined that one way or another I would force a book on the world, even if I had to resort to writing one about a tabby cat who solves mysteries.
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Ashley Madekwe
English Actress
My ginger tabby cat Oscar - he's got his own passport - he comes everywhere with me.
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Graeme Base
English Artist
I have pets, but they're the really ordinary sort - yellow Labrador, tabby cat, white rabbit, a few goldfish - that kind of stuff. Nothing very... extravagant or unusual or exotic, but I find, in terms of inspiration, Mother Nature is just it.
Quote examples
Ned Beauman
British Novelist
I was always determined that one way or another I would force a book on the world, even if I had to resort to writing one about a tabby cat who solves mysteries.
Quote examples
Ashley Madekwe
English Actress
My ginger tabby cat Oscar - he's got his own passport - he comes everywhere with me.
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