Sphynx

British

/ sfɪŋks /

noun

a breed of medium-sized hairless cat with large ears and a long whiplike tail

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The Sphynx cat breed is known for its lack of which feature?

From Slate

Stepan, who works in IT after his tennis career was ended by injury aged 18, was at home in Prague for most of the fortnight - because he had to look after their sphynx cat Frankie.

From BBC

BBC Sport's Liam Loftus talks to Marketa Vondrousova at Wimbledon 2023 about her love for body art and her two pets, Brownie the pug and Frankie the sphynx cat.

From BBC

But as cats moved around the globe, it created pockets for genetic diversity to spread out, which is a prevailing theory for why there are so many different cat breeds, from Sphynx to Persian and everything in between.

From Salon

McCue shares her stateroom with Bug Naked, her elf-ear Sphynx cat whom she pushes around the ship in a baby stroller.

From Washington Post

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