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Definition of Manx cat
1. Noun. A short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man.
Definition of Manx cat
1. Noun. A breed of domestic cat native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and a medium-sized, rounded, cobby body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manx Cat
Literary usage of Manx cat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The manx cat makes a distinct species in our exhibitions, and is classed by itself.
... The origin of the manx cat is now attributed to the arrival of these ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"And from the largest down to the least, Not a sign of a tail does the manx cat
wear, And this is the reason I do declare. Perhaps you don't think my story ..."
3. The Boy Travellers in Great Britain and Ireland: Adventures of Two Youths in by Thomas Wallace Knox (1891)
"In 1847 it was a fishing village of about three hundred inhabitants, and annually
exported a "" I iH A manx cat. ..."