A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.

Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.

Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

striped, blotched, spotted or ticked markings that in the wild give the optical illusion of breaking up body shape for camouflage.

Tabby patterns can be mackerel, classic, patched or spotted. Tabby colours come in blue tabby, brown tabby, cameo tabby, cream tabby, red tabby & silver tabby.

a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black

female cat

having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

Striped cat

A cat brindled with dark stripes, spots, or wavy markings on a lighter background.

a coat pattern that can be spotted, mackerel or classic. For a further description of tabby genetics, please visit TICA.

A coat pattern consisting of two or more colours in a striped pattern.

a fur color typically of striping of dark against lighter background, but also includes spotting, or even just odd blotches.

Agouti expression resulting in stripes in one of four patterns i.e. Classic, Mackerel Spotted and Ticked.

A patterned coat with stripd or blotchy markings.

A term referring to a coat pattern that consists of two or more colors in a striped pattern.

Any of a variety of common coat patterns produced by a combination of nonagouti hairs (in the characteristic stripes and blotches) and agouti hairs (in between the stripes). The four traditional tabby patterns are mackerel, classic, spotted, and ticked.