tabby
noun
a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
tabbies
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pluralof tabby.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These untamed mousers would eventually evolve into the fluffy tabbies, Siberians and ragdolls that dominate today’s social-media algorithms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
She contends that cats—from tabbies to tigers—are quintessential products of evolution.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023
I have plans to make a music room, a library, and a cat heaven for my three tabbies, but I updated the studio first with plans to rent it out.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2022
“There are so many of them who need to be adopted that are typically tabbies or black cats or older cats,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2021
A slate colour, or a blue male cat, mated with a strongly black-marked, though narrow-banded blue or gray tabby, is the best for dark blue tabbies, or a light-gray, evenly-marked female may be used.
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Harrison Weir
