noun
a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat
• Syn: ↑Maltese
• Hypernyms: ↑domestic cat, ↑house cat, ↑Felis domesticus, ↑Felis catus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized M
: a bluish gray domestic short-haired cat
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a bluish-gray variety of the domestic cat.
[1855-60]
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Maltese cat,
a kind of short-haired, bluish-gray domestic cat.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.