maltese cat

1. 1.

   a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat

   SynonymsMaltese

   Broaderdomestic cat

Questions about maltese cat

What does maltese cat mean?

maltese cat means "a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat".

What is another word for maltese cat?

Close synonyms include Maltese. 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 maltese cat a common word?

maltese 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.