abyssinian cat

1. 1.

   a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat

   SynonymsAbyssinian

   Broaderdomestic cat

Questions about abyssinian cat

What does abyssinian cat mean?

abyssinian cat means "a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat".

What is another word for abyssinian cat?

Close synonyms include Abyssinian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abyssinian cat a common word?

abyssinian cat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.