tabby
Word family nountabbinettabbyhoodtabby
tab·by /ˈtæbi/ noun (plural tabbies) [countableC] DHPa cat with light and dark lines on its fur (虎)斑猫〔毛皮上有深浅条纹的一种猫〕 —tabby adjectiveadj
Origin tabby (1600-1700) tabby type of striped cloth ((16-19 centuries)), from French tabis, from Medieval Latin attabi, from Arabic, from Al-'Attabiya part of Baghdad where the cloth was originally made