"Tom Cat Thomas ""Tom"" Cat is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Tom is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired Tuxedo cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"" Tom was originally known as ""Jasper"" during his debut in that short; however, beginning with his next appearance in ""The Midnight Snack"" he is known as ""Tom"" or ""Thomas"". His name, ""Tom Cat"", is based on ""tomcat"","
"to large colonies Small colonies consist of one female, known as a queen, and her kittens. Large colonies consist of several queens and their kittens. Male cats are present in both types of colonies and serve the purpose of reproduction and defending territory. Within these colonies altruistic behaviour occurs. This means that if an expecting queen helps another queen that just gave birth, then the helping queen will get help when she gives birth in return Although free living cats are found in colonies. Stable social order, like that of the lion, does not exist. Free living cats usually are"
"is referred to as a ""kitten"". The male progenitor of a cat, especially a pedigreed cat, is its ""sire"", and its mother is its ""dam"". In Early Modern English, the word ""kitten"" was interchangeable with the now obsolete word ""catling"". A pedigreed cat is one whose ancestry is recorded by a cat fancier organization. A purebred (or pure-bred) cat is one whose ancestry contains only individuals of the same breed. Many pedigreed and especially purebred cats are exhibited as show cats. Cats of unrecorded, mixed ancestry are referred to as domestic short-haired or domestic long-haired cats (by coat type), or"
"thus, in theory, could carry a fetus, is called a ""molly"" or ""Molly mule"", though the term is sometimes used to refer to female mules in general. Pregnancy is rare, but can occasionally occur naturally as well as through embryo transfer. A male mule is properly called a ""horse mule"", though often called a ""john mule"", which is the correct term for a gelded mule. A young male mule is called a ""mule colt"", and a young female is called a ""mule filly"". With its short thick head, long ears, thin limbs, small narrow hooves, and short mane, the mule"
"double-entendre on the name for a female cat and a slang term for the female sex organ. Female cats are more commonly called ""queens."" Nona means ""ninth"" in Latin. Burgess‘ real name is a series of electrical impulses, so Colene calls him after the Burgess Shale. Doe is a generic name for female animals of several hoofed species. Though a female goat may be called a ""doe,"" they are often called ""nannies"" as well. Morna is the anglicized form of Muirne, which means ""beloved"" in Irish. It also sounds similar to the word ""mourn"", meaning ""to grieve."" According to Piers"
"food, grooming, contributing to extension of tunnels, and keeping them warm. The Damaraland mole-rat (""Cryptomys damarensis"") is the only other eusocial mammal currently known. The relationships between the queen and the breeding males may last for many years; other females are temporarily sterile. Queens live from 13 to 18 years, and are extremely hostile to other females behaving like queens, or producing hormones for becoming queens. When the queen dies, another female takes her place, sometimes after a violent struggle with her competitors. Once established, the new queen's body expands the space between the vertebrae in her backbone to become"
"quolls are generally about the size of a small domestic cat, with adult males measuring in total length, including the tail, and having an average weight of . Females are significantly smaller, measuring , including a tail, and weighing around . They have a tapering snout, short legs, and erect ears. They can be distinguished from all other species of quoll by the presence of only four toes, rather than five, on the hind feet, lacking the hallux. They have a thick coat covered by white spots, that can be either light fawn or near black, with off-white underparts stretching"
"is given a pony. She says ""this is the happiest I have ever been in all of my life"". Dolly – Tomboy's only daughter; a tortoiseshell cat. When Tomboy has her four kittens Sophie hopes they are all girls and calls them Molly, Polly, Dolly and Holly in the hope that they themselves will grow up and have more kittens. However, when a 'large, tall lady' (later revealed to be the owner of the local riding stables) visits with the intent of buying one of the kittens, she tells Sophie that all the kittens are boys except for Dolly, whom"
"to true rats, but are not members of the genus ""Rattus"". Male rats are called bucks, unmated females are called does, pregnant or parent females are called dams, and infants are called kittens or pups. A group of rats is referred to as a mischief. The common species are opportunistic survivors and often live with and near humans; therefore, they are known as commensals. They may cause substantial food losses, especially in developing countries. However, the widely distributed and problematic commensal species of rats are a minority in this diverse genus. Many species of rats are island endemics and some"
"Tortoiseshell cat Tortoiseshell is a cat coat coloring named for its similarity to tortoiseshell material. Like calicos, tortoiseshell cats are almost exclusively female. Male tortoiseshells are rare and are usually sterile. Also called torties for short, tortoiseshell cats combine two colors other than white, either closely mixed or in larger patches. The colors are often described as red and black, but the ""red"" patches can instead be orange, yellow, or cream, and the ""black"" can instead be chocolate, grey, tabby, or blue. Tortoiseshell cats with the tabby pattern as one of their colors are sometimes referred to as a torbie."
"named the Maltese Cat. Patrick Leigh Fermor alludes to this usage in 1986's ""Between the Woods and the Water"" where, after a game of bicycle polo at a country house on the Great Hungarian Plain, he refers to the bicycles as Maltese Cats: ""The other side won but we scored four goals, and when the iron Maltese Cats were back in their stands, we limped back to the steps, where Countess Denise and […] had been leaning on the balustrade like ladies gazing down into the lists."" Maltese cat A Maltese cat is any cat whose fur is either completely,"
"with an additional feminine suffix, as ""Bastet"". The name change is thought to have been added to emphasize pronunciation of the ending ""t"" sound, which was often left silent. Use of the new name became very familiar to Egyptologists. Cats in ancient Egypt were revered highly, partly due to their ability to combat vermin such as mice, rats (which threatened key food supplies), and snakes—especially cobras. Cats of royalty were, in some instances, known to be dressed in golden jewelry and were allowed to eat from their owners' plates. Turner and Bateson estimate that during the Twenty-second Dynasty (), Bastet"
"one being completely black and ten being completely white. There are also several patterns with their own names. The cat labelled ""bicolor"" is the preferred pattern in show-quality bicolor purebred cats. Another type of black-and-white bicolor cat is referred to as a ""cow cat"" or ""moo cat"" and includes the magpie, cap-and-saddle and mask-and-mantle patterns. A cow cat does not have the solid black ""jacket"" of the tuxedo cat. Instead, it has large black patches over a mostly white body, often with a black mask over the head. ""Black-mask cats"" are so called because they look like they are wearing"
"cats may chase. Female cats are seasonally polyestrous, which means they may have many periods of heat over the course of a year, the season beginning in spring and ending in late autumn. Heat periods occur about every two weeks and last about 4 to 7 days. Multiple males will be attracted to a female in heat. The males will fight over her, and the victor wins the right to mate. At first, the female rejects the male, but eventually the female allows the male to mate. The female utters a loud yowl as the male pulls out of her"
"5 female cat names as Bella, Lucy, Kitty, Chloe and Sophie. The top 5 male cat names were Max, Oliver, Charlie, Tiger and Smokey. In 2017, Find Cat Names compiled results from 2.2 million cat owners to find the most commonly chosen cat names from its search engine. It listed the top 5 female cat names as Nala, Bell, Luna, Abby, and Daisy. The top 5 male cat names were Simba, Milo, Tiger, Oreo, and Bear. In 2009, the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" reported that according to government databases, the three most popular cat names in that city were, in order, Kitty,"
"this name dates back to 1771. Another name for the serval is ""tierboskat"", Afrikaans for tiger-bush-cat. The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat; it stands at the shoulder and weighs , but females tend to be lighter. The head-and-body length is typically between . Males tend to be sturdier than females. Prominent characteristics include the small head, large ears, spotted and striped coat, long legs and a black-tipped tail that is around long. The serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size, largely due to the greatly elongated metatarsal bones in the feet. The toes"
"the head. The shape of the body is cylindrical with short appendages. Common mole-rats have ungrooved chisel-like incisors that are used for digging as well as for feeding and fighting. Common mole-rats form colonies, essentially family groups with the largest female and male being the only reproductive pair. Mating begins in September and October. During courtship the female raises her tail and allows the mate to smell her genital region. The male then gently chews on her hind region, mounts and mates. The birth of offspring is restricted to the southern hemisphere summer, during which there may be one or"
"in Latin glosses, replacing ""mēlēs"" (""marten"" or ""badger""), and from these words the common Romance terms for the animal evolved (Italian ""tasso"", French ""taisson""—""blaireau"" is now more common—Catalan ""toixó"", Spanish ""tejón"", Portuguese ""texugo""). A male European badger is a boar, a female is a sow, and a young badger is a cub. In North America the young are usually called kits, while the terms male and female are generally used for adults. A collective name suggested for a group of colonial badgers is a cete, but badger colonies are more often called clans. A badger's home is called a sett."
"commonly as random-bred, moggies (chiefly British), or (using terms borrowed from dog breeding) mongrels or mutt-cats. While the African wildcat is the ancestral subspecies from which domestic cats are descended, and wildcats and domestic cats can completely interbreed (being subspecies of the same species), several intermediate stages occur between domestic pet and pedigree cats on one hand and entirely wild animals on the other. The semi-feral cat, a mostly outdoor cat, is not owned by any one individual, but is generally friendly to people and may be fed by several households. Truly feral cats are associated with human habitation areas,"
"Cat The cat (""Felis catus"", or ""Felis silvestris catus"", literally ""woodland cat""), often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish from other felids and felines, is a small and typically furry, carnivorous mammal. It is often called house cat when kept as indoor pet or feral/feral domestic cat when wild. It is often valued by humans for companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin. There are more than seventy cat breeds recognized by various cat registries. Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with a strong flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp teeth and retractable claws adapted"
"Patsy Patsy is a given name often used as a diminutive of the feminine given name Patricia or sometimes the masculine name Patrick, or occasionally other names containing the syllable ""Pat"" or ""Pet"" (such as Cleopatra, Patience, or Patrice). Among Italian-Americans, it is often used as a pet name for Pasquale. In older usage, Patsy was also a nickname for Martha or Matilda, following a common nicknaming pattern of changing an M to a P (such as in Margaret → Meg/Meggy → Peg/Peggy; and Molly → Polly) and adding a feminine suffix. President George Washington called his wife Martha ""Patsy"""
"gives another little nod to T. S. Eliot's ""The Naming of Cats."" Cats are born with three names: their ""heart name"" (Fritti) which is the name used by family, close friends and lovers; their ""face name"" (Tailchaser) which is appointed when they come of age and is their commonly used, public name; and their ""tail name"" which is a secret name each cat must discover for himself. Williams wrote ""Memory, Sorrow and Thorn"" ""in part to deal with some of my conflicts about Tolkien's ""Lord of the Rings""."" ""I thought I was beginning a dialogue within the SF/Fantasy field about"
"The hotel has a tradition of keeping a cat that has the run of the hotel. The practice dates to the 1930s, when Frank Case took in a stray male cat that was initially named ""Rusty."" Hotel lore says actor John Barrymore suggested the cat needed a more ""dignified"" name, so the cat was renamed ""Hamlet."" Nowadays, whenever the hotel has a male cat, he's named Hamlet; but if the hotel has a female cat, she's named ""Matilda."" The last Algonquin cat, a Matilda, to gain notice was a Ragdoll that was named 2006 cat of the year at the"
"are the most well known wild cat that form very prominent colonies, known as prides. The social structure of these prides are very interesting. Within prides, the female lions play a crucial role. They form the center of the pride along with their young. They are also responsible for hunting and feeding the members of the pride. Male lions are in small numbers, about 2 - 5, are present in a pride and are around for reproduction and defensive purposes. The number of members within a pride stay constant. Young male and female lions only get to stay in the"
"applied to those nouns that have only one grammatical gender, masculine or feminine, but can refer to a living creature of either sex. Most animal names are of this type. E.g.: ""el ratón"" ('mouse'), ""la rata"" ('rat'), ""la rana"" ('frog'), ""la comadreja"" ('weasel'), ""la liebre"" ('hare'), ""la hormiga"" ('ant'), ""el búho"" ('owl'), ""el escarabajo"" ('beetle'), ""el buitre"" ('vulture'), ""el delfín"" ('dolphin'), ""el cóndor"" ('condor'), ""la paloma"" ('dove'), ""la llama"" ('llama'). To specify sex, a modifying word is added, with no change of gender: ""el delfín macho"" ('the male dolphin'), ""el delfín hembra"" ('the female dolphin'), ""la comadreja macho"", ""la comadreja"
"Black cat A black cat is a domestic cat with black fur that may be a mixed or specific breed. The Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) recognizes 22 cat breeds that can come with solid black coats. The Bombay breed is exclusively black. All-black fur pigmentation is slightly more prevalent in male cats than female cats. Their high melanin pigment content causes most black cats to have yellow (golden) eyes (irises). Any cat whose fur is a single color, including black, is known as a ""solid"" or ""self"". A ""solid black"" cat may be coal black, grayish black, or brownish black."
"Colt (horse) A colt is a male horse, usually below the age of four years. The term ""colt"" only describes young male horses and is not to be confused with foal, which is a horse of either sex less than one year of age. Similarly, a yearling is a horse of either sex between the ages of one and two. A young female horse is called a filly, and a mare once she is an adult animal. In horse racing, particularly for Thoroughbreds in the United Kingdom, a colt is defined as an uncastrated male from the age of two"
"a part of daily life—as food, clothing, a companion, and as a source of artistic inspiration. Male rabbits are called ""bucks""; females are called ""does"". An older term for an adult rabbit is ""coney"", while ""rabbit"" once referred only to the young animals. Another term for a young rabbit is ""bunny"", though this term is often applied informally (especially by children) to rabbits generally, especially domestic ones. More recently, the term ""kit"" or ""kitten"" has been used to refer to a young rabbit. A group of rabbits is known as a ""colony"" or ""nest"" (or, occasionally, a ""warren"", though this"
"term of endearment for a pet cat – pussy cat. In North American informal use the term pussy can also refer to a weak or effeminate man, and fanny is a term used for the buttocks. Other slang terms are muff, snatch, twat, and crotch. Vagina is often used as a synonym for vulva even though it is a separate part of the anatomy. Some cultures have long celebrated and even worshipped the vulva. During the Uruk period ( 4000–3100 BC), the ancient Sumerians regarded the vulva as sacred and a vast number of Sumerian poems praising the vulva of"
"known as dogs, tods or reynards, females as vixens, and young as cubs, pups, or kits, though the latter name is not to be confused with a distinct species called kit foxes. Vixen is one of very few words in modern English that retains the Middle English southern dialect ""v"" pronunciation instead of ""f"" (i.e. northern English ""fox"" versus southern English ""vox""). A group of foxes is referred to as a skulk, leash, or earth. Within the Canidae, the results of DNA analysis shows several phylogenetic divisions: Foxes are generally smaller than some other members of the family Canidae such"
"slow-moving and sedentary, moose can become aggressive and move quickly if angered or startled. Their mating season in the autumn features energetic fights between males competing for a female. ""Alces alces"" is called a ""moose"" in North American English, but an ""elk"" in British English; its scientific name comes from its name in Latin. The word ""elk"" in North American English refers to a completely different species of deer, the ""Cervus canadensis"", also called the wapiti. A mature male moose is called a bull, a mature female a cow, and an immature moose of either sex a calf. The word"
"cat owners recently established a link between a tortoiseshell coat pattern and a cat's inclination towards hissing, chasing, and biting their human companions. According to celebrity cat expert Jackson Galaxy, tortoiseshell cats tend to have a much more distinct personality. Tortoiseshell cat Tortoiseshell is a cat coat coloring named for its similarity to tortoiseshell material. Like calicos, tortoiseshell cats are almost exclusively female. Male tortoiseshells are rare and are usually sterile. Also called torties for short, tortoiseshell cats combine two colors other than white, either closely mixed or in larger patches. The colors are often described as red and black,"
"""The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat"". In Japan, the Maneki-neko figures depict calico cats, bringing good luck; and Japanese sailors often had a calico ship's cat to protect against misfortune at sea. Calico cat Calico cats are domestic cats with a spotted or particolored coat that is predominantly white, with patches of two other colors (often orange and black, sometimes gray). Outside North America, the pattern is more usually called ""tortoiseshell and white"". In the province of Quebec, Canada, they are sometimes called ""chatte d'Espagne"" (French for '(female) cat of Spain'). Other names include ""brindle"", ""tricolor cat"", ""tobi mi-ke"""