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 Definitions of Calico  [ˈkæl ɪˌkoʊ]  

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Definition of 'Calico' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) calico
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usu. on one side.

2.  calico
Brit. plain white cotton cloth.

3.  calico
an animal having a spotted or particolored coat.

4. (adj.) calico
made of calico.

5.  calico
mottled or variegated in color.

6.  calico
(of a domestic cat) having a variegated white, black, red, and cream coat.

Etymology:  (1495–1505; short for Calico cloth)

Definition of 'Calico' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) calico
coarse cloth with a bright print

2. (adj) calico
made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
"calico dresses"; "a calico cat"

3. (adj) motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
"a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"


Definition of 'Calico' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Calico
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

2. (noun) Calico
plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc

3. (noun) Calico
cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern



'Calico' - Nearby Entries  

calico  calico bush  calico cat  calico crab  calicular  caliculus  calidris canutus  



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