calico

calico
Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.

The calico cat had distinctive red and dark markings.

2. noun
A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.

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  • Calico — Cal i*co, a. Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • calicó — s. m. Tecido indiano de algodão. = CALICÔ   ‣ Etimologia: francês calicot …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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  • Calĭco — (Calicocs), 1) ursprünglich der Kattun, da er von Calcutta kam; 2) englischer, zum Druck bestimmter, wie glatter Nankin gewebter Kattun. Man unterscheidet weißen u. farbigen, von ersterem gibt es 2 Sorten, Yardwide u. Elwide, die sich durch… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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