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English
Pronunciation
Noun
Abyssinian cat (plural Abyssinian cats)
- A domestic breed of cat with long ears, short hair and a black stripe along the spine.
- Synonym: Aby (nickname)
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References
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abyssinian cat”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 9