- Manx cat
- nouna short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man• Syn: ↑Manx• Hypernyms: ↑domestic cat, ↑house cat, ↑Felis domesticus, ↑Felis catus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized M: a short-haired domestic cat having the tail externally lacking though represented internally by a few rudimentary vertebrae and constituting a distinct breed* * *
a tailless variety of the domestic cat.[1855-60]* * *
Manx cat nounA breed of cat with only a rudimentary tail• • •Main Entry: ↑Manx* * *
Manx «mangks», adjective, noun.–adj.of the Isle of Man, its people, or their language. The Isle of Man is a small island west of northern England in the Irish Sea.–n.1. the people of the Isle of Man.2. the Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man.╂[earlier, maniske, perhaps < a Scandinavian word < the Celtic name of the island (compare Old Irish Manu)]Usage Manx, meaning the people of the Isle of Man, is plural in use: »The Manx are hardworking people.
Manx, meaning the language of these people, is singular in use: »Manx is nearly extinct.
Manx or manx cat,a breed of domestic cat that has no tail or only the stump of a tail.* * *
n. a cat of a breed having no tail or an extremely short one* * *
a breed of cat with no tail
Useful english dictionary. 2012.