Siamese cat

noun

: a type of cat that has blue eyes and short light-colored hair on the body with darker-colored ears, paws, tail, and face

Full Definition of SIAMESE CAT

: any of a breed of slender blue-eyed short-haired domestic cats of Asian origin with pale fawn or gray body and darker ears, paws, tail, and face and a long wedge-shaped head

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First Known Use of SIAMESE CAT

1871

Rhymes with SIAMESE CAT

Angora cat, aristocrat, gerontocrat, go to the mat, heliostat, humidistat, Jehoshaphat, kangaroo rat, magnificat, meritocrat, requiescat, single combat, talk through one's hat, ten-gallon hat, thalassocrat, throw money at, under one's hat

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