shorthair
Americannoun
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Boots, a young black-and-white domestic shorthair cat, lies on his back, pawing playfully at the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
"Here's my offering - the shorthair is a boy named Bob and the calico is a girl named Marley."
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
A 2023 study in the journal Behavioral Processes studied 53 adult domestic shorthair cats at a cat café, obtaining 194 minutes of footage with 186 different cat interactions.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2024
Galena, her 6-year-old American shorthair, had sneaked inside a 3-by-3-foot cardboard Amazon returns package alongside five pairs of steel-toed boots.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
A domestic shorthair cat with blood in its urine.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
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