Tortie vs. Calico

Tortienoun

(informal) A tortoiseshell cat.

Caliconoun

(textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.

Caliconoun

; a cat with fur of the colors black, white and orange.

Calicoadjective

Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.

Caliconoun

Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.

Caliconoun

Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

Calicoadjective

Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; - often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.

Caliconoun

coarse cloth with a bright print

Calicoadjective

made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned;

Calicoadjective

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;

Calico

Calico (; in British usage since 1505) is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts.