Crossword clues for shorthair
Wiktionary
n. Any of several breeds of domestic cat that has relatively short hair, a slender body and large head
Wikipedia
Shorthair may refer to:
- American Shorthair (ASH), a breed of cat believed to be descended from English domestic cats
- Brazilian Shorthair, breed of cat
- British Shorthair, domesticated cat whose features make it a popular breed in cat shows
- Brown Shorthair Goat, from the Czech Republic, from crossing a native Czech breed with the German Brown Goat
- Colorpoint Shorthair, pointed cats of Siamese ancestry and type in colors other than the four "traditional" Siamese colors
- European Shorthair (or Celtic shorthair), breed of short-haired cat originating in Ancient Rome
- Exotic Shorthair, breed of cat developed to be a shorthaired version of the Persian.
- Oriental Shorthair, breed of cat combinining the Siamese body with a diversity of colorings and patterns
Usage examples of "shorthair".
Among them, one little female shorthair stood out for animation and daring and fun.
A pair of shorthaired cats wound themselves around her ankles, begging for attention.
It was as if this new, shorthaired version of me were infinitely more winning and accessible.
He unlatched the cage and a pure white, shorthaired cat exited, looking regal and aloof.
Also, of course, her guests consisted entirely of a multitude of my own heavenly host: large and small, longhaired and shorthaired, young and old, fat and thin, yapping and silent dogs.
Either a shorthaired platinum blonde had been here before her, or Gabrielli had cats.
Siamese in their cages, and the Persians in their cages, and there, in several small cages, the shorthaired black cats and their hybrid offspring.
Sarah could sing, and Mel Torme, and Dave McKenna was the piano player, and The Four Seasons, in New York, for that one meal, and Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir, and Catamount beer, and German shorthaired pointers, and Ali maybe was the best heavyweight, though Ray Robinson was, of course, the best ever, any weight, and Krug champagne, and Faulkner, and Vermeer, and Stan Kenton and Mike Royko, and fitful sleep.
In ten years I see myself sitting before a blazing fire with a beautiful wife, a black Oriental Shorthair purring on our laps, and behind us, on the floor-to-ceiling bookshelf, the complete volumes of the Inheritance trilogy, and one or two more novels besides.