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Himalayan cat

British  

noun

  1. the US name for colourpoint cat

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Himalayan cat George, 12, was so fat he couldn't even turn to groom the fur on his back.

From Fox News

Two days after police arrived to subdue the 4-year-old Himalayan cat, owner Lee Palmer of Portland says he’s taking the feline to a veterinarian.

From Time

The thing is to try to get inside the cat’s head,” said Carolyn Waggoner, who just retired from the Yolo County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Persian and Himalayan Cat Rescue of Northern California.

From Washington Post

In the months that followed, Martin reportedly received threatening phone calls, her crab-apple trees were uprooted from her lawn, and her Himalayan cat, Max, was poisoned.

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