Abyssinian cat
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- like Abyssinian + cat
Noun edit
Abyssinian cat (plural Abyssinian cats)
- A domestic breed of cat with long ears, short hair and a black stripe along the spine.
- Synonym: Aby (nickname)
Translations edit
Abyssinian — see Abyssinian
References edit
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abyssinian cat”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 9