manx cat

noun

a tailless variety of the domestic cat.

Origin of manx cat

First recorded in 1855–60

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But it is an appendix of the most appendicious, and can be cut away without the slightest Manx-cat effect.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2
George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for manx cat

Manx cat

noun

a short-haired tailless variety of cat, believed to originate on the Isle of Man

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