tabby

2 definitions • 4 examples

a cat that has dark-coloured marks on grey or brown fur:

One of the cats is black and the other is a tabby.

I have a four-month old tabby cat.

(of a cat or its fur) having dark-coloured marks on grey or brown fur:

Our little tabby kitten has a wonderful purr.

There were tufts of tabby fur on the carpet.