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nontabby

nontabby adjective: not tabby.

Adjective

nontabby (not comparable)

  1. Not tabby.
    • Orange cats, sometimes called ginger, may be tabby or nontabby. Blue and cream coats occur with a dilution of black or of orange, respectively.1984, William Darrach Halsey, Emanuel Friedman, Collier's encyclopedia: with bibliography and index, Volume 5
    • Selection on nontabby segregants from tabby selection lines.1984, Sewall Wright, Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 3

Origin of nontabby

From non- + tabby.

Questions about nontabby

What does nontabby mean?
Nontabby means not tabby.
What part of speech is nontabby?
Nontabby is an adjective.

Words near nontabby in the dictionary

  1. nonsystematic
  2. nonsystemic
  3. nonsystems
  4. nonsystolic
  5. nontabbed
  6. nontabby
  7. nontaboo
  8. nontabular
  9. nontabulated
  10. nontackle
  11. nontactical

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