"tabby" in the noun sense
1. tabby, tabby cat
a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
2. tabby, queen
female cat
"tabby" in the adjective sense
1. brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring used especially of the patterned fur of cats
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