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Tabby vs Nontabby - What's the difference?

tabby | nontabby |

As a proper noun tabby

is .

As an adjective nontabby is

not tabby.

tabby

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
  • (uncountable) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
  • (countable) A brindled cat.
  • (countable, archaic) An old maid or gossip.

    • Synonyms

    * (An old maid or gossip) See

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
  • Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

    • nontabby

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not tabby.
  • * 1984 , William Darrach Halsey, Emanuel Friedman, Collier's encyclopedia: with bibliography and index, Volume 5
    • Orange cats, sometimes called ginger, may be tabby or nontabby . Blue and cream coats occur with a dilution of black or of orange, respectively.
  • * 1984 , Sewall Wright, Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 3
    • Selection on nontabby segregants from tabby selection lines.
  • * 2007 , Charles J. Epstein, The Consequences of Chromosome Imbalance: Principles, Mechanisms, and Models
    • The nontabby females in this cross are the desired XO animals...