| 单词 | devon rex |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDevon Rex b. Any of several breeds of cat having a short curly or wavy coat with the guard hairs shortened or absent, produced by genetic mutations similar to those producing the Rex rabbit (see sense A. 3a); esp. (more fully Cornish Rex, Devon Rex) either of two breeds developed in Cornwall and Devon during the 1950s and 1960s; a cat of such a breed. Frequently attributive.A further breed, the German Rex, was later found to be genetically identical to the Cornish Rex. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of blue cat1771 chartreuse1838 Maltese1857 Maltese cat1857 Abyssinian1871 Abyssinian cat1871 Russian Blue1872 Malay cat1881 chinchilla1889 longhair1889 Russian longhair1889 Maine cat1900 short-hair1903 British Shorthair1923 British Blue1929 Burmese cat1939 rex1958 rag doll1970 Maine Coon1971 1958 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 17 Oct. a20/1 On display will be more than 300 cats including a rex, a British-developed feline with a short, curly coat. Several rexes have been imported from England. 1965 Observer 31 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 4/3 A new sort of highly exclusive curly-coated cat called a Rex. 2001 Cats June 49/2 All of the rex breeds—Selkirk Rex, LaPerm, Cornish Rex and Devon Rex—possess coat mutations that cause the hair to curl, kink or wave. < as lemmas |
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