What is a spayed female called?

A neutered female cat is called a molly
Once a female cat has been neutered, they become a molly, while a neutered male cat is known as a gib.
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Is a female cat called a Molly?

Molly. This is a general term that can be used to refer to any female cat. Molly is the female version of tomcat. Although, unlike male cats which are referred to as tomcats, a female would simply be referred to as a Molly rather than a molly cat.
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What is a large female cat called?

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for LARGE FEMALE CAT [lioness]
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What is a daddy cat called?

A tomcat usually refers to a male cat. Once a father it is known as sire. Tom cat can also be in reference to Tom and Jerry - the long-serving British cartoon.
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What is a mommy cat called?

1) A mother cat is called a "queen"

Cat colonies are actually matriarchal and male cats tend to make way for the queens.
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Why is it called a tom cat?

So why are male cats called toms? It goes all the way back to a 1760 book called The Life and Adventures of a Cat which featured a feline protagonist named Tom. Tom the Cat was a promiscuous male cat and eventually, the name caught on and tom or tomcat has been used ever since.
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Is a female cat called a grimalkin?

A grimalkin (also called a greymalkin) is an archaic term for a cat. The term stems from "grey" (the colour) plus "malkin", an archaic term with several meanings (a low class woman, a weakling, a mop, or a name) derived from a hypocoristic form of the female name Maud.
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What is a immature female cat called?

The male progenitor of a cat, especially a pedigreed cat, is its sire, and its female progenitor is its dam. An immature cat is called a kitten (which is also an alternative name for young rats, rabbits, hedgehogs, beavers, squirrels and skunks).
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What is S group of cats called?

The actual name for a group of cats is a clowder.
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What is a bunch of kittens called?

A Kindle of Kittens

The collective noun for a group of kittens is known as a kindle. It relates to the verb to kindle which means 'to give birth to young'.
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What is the leader of a group of cats called?

The dominant queen will get the best sleeping places and first dibs on food. She'll also get her choice of locations to have her kittens. She'll have first claim on hunting areas that will provide the most prey.
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Whats a Grimelkin?

Definition of grimalkin

: a domestic cat especially : an old female cat.
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What does I come Graymalkin mean?

First Witch I come, graymalkin! ( 1.1.10) i.e., an affectionate name for a gray cat. During the Renaissance it was believed that Satan sent witches malicious spirits to help them carry out their evil deeds. These 'familiars' or 'imps' would appear in animal form.
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What do you call an old cat?

A general rule of thumb is that a cat is classified as "senior" if she's over 11 years of age.
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Why does my cat touch me with his paw?

It's often a gesture of affection or a request for attention. Cats reach out when they want to make contact with you in some way. Cats will often do this to encourage you to play with them.
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What is a alley cat?

alley cat. A promiscuous woman; also, a person of loose morals. For example, She's constantly picking up men in bars—a real alley cat. This idiom transfers a stray cat that frequents alleys in search of food to a woman of easy virtue, especially a prostitute seeking customers. [ Slang; early 1900s]
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Why do male cats have big heads?

Male cats have bigger heads than females, partly because their cranial bone structure is thicker and heavier. They also tend to have more muscle and larger bodies, allowing them to grow bigger than females. When you put it all together, a bigger cat is likely to have a bigger head.
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What Moggie means?

UK informal (also moggie) /ˈmɒɡ.i/ us. /ˈmɑː.ɡi/ a cat, especially one that is ordinary or has an untidy appearance. Synonyms.
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What is Graymalkin and paddock?

During the Renaissance it was believed that Satan sent witches malicious spirits to help them carry out their evil deeds. These 'familiars' or 'imps' would appear in animal form. The familiar of the First Witch takes the form of a cat (Graymalkin) and the familiar of the Second Witch takes the form of a toad (Paddock).
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What does when the battle's lost and won mean?

In William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, there are several paradoxes. Some are made by the three witches: 'When the battle's won and lost,' meaning Macbeth will be victorious but each victory will lead to more losses. They also say, 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair. ' While many see the witches as evil, they do not.
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What is a grimalkin person?

a crotchety or shrewish old woman. [C17: from grey + malkin]
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What does anon mean in Macbeth?

' – 'Anon' means 'immediately' and the phrase is equivalent to 'I'm coming, I'm coming'. His words are addressed offstage to Macduff, imagined on the other side of the gate.
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What is a group of humans called?

There is no specific word to describe a group of humans. When we dig up the English language, we find several words that could represent a community of humans, but none that exactly match what we are looking for.
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Which one of my cats is the Alpha?

In a technical sense, there are no 'alpha' or 'beta' cats. In fact, there isn't a strict hierarchy at all. Researchers theorize that cats' ability to form groups is a recent development, almost as recent as their domestication.
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What is an alpha female cat?

These are "alpha cats." They are natural leaders; they refuse to be led and attempt to take charge of practically every situation. These cats like their food when they want it and the way that they like it - or else. They may only let you touch them for short periods of time and then again, only on their terms.
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