calico cat

calico cat
a domestic cat, esp. a female one, of variegated black, yellow, and white coloring. Also called tortoise-shell cat.
[1950-55]

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In North America, a blotched or spotted domestic cat, usually predominantly white with red and black patches (a pattern also called tortoiseshell-and-white).

Because genetic determination of some coat colours in cats is linked to the sex chromosome, calicoes are almost always female.

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