manx cat

1. 1.

   a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man

   SynonymsManx

   Broaderdomestic cat

Questions about manx cat

What does manx cat mean?

manx cat means "a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man".

What is another word for manx cat?

Close synonyms include Manx. 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 manx cat a common word?

manx cat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.