Used in a Sentence

calico

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for calico.

Editorial note

But the stuff in the article about human female brains and calico cats is really nice to know.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of calico gathered in one view.

adjective

Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.

adjective

Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for calico.

adjective

Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.

adjective

Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.

noun

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

noun

(uncountable, botany) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.

Example sentences

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But the stuff in the article about human female brains and calico cats is really nice to know.

2

So you can swap flannel for project calico or your own setup if you like.

3

However, the two types of cells (the cell calico pattern) are present in all females.

4

If it is simply the lack of data, then surely in 50 years time people will say that Venter, Google Calico Labs, etc.

5

The latest version of Clocker does support Calico as well, now!

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If so, we'd love to talk to you (disclosure, I'm on the project calico team).

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Mostly, the cat just looks to me like a calico we recently adopted.

8

That calico almost looked like a foreigner.

9

Again, full disclosure, I'm with the project calico team.

10

> Jeff Settleman, who left academia for industry 5 years ago and is now at Calico Life Sciences in South San Francisco, California, agrees.

11

The more I read about aging, the more interested I become about the subject, especially after Google created Calico and after watching some talks by Aubrey de Grey.

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I may try some benchmarks, as I have recently added support for Calico (as well as Weave, which was my original choice due to its simplicity) as another swappable SDN providers for Clocker [1].

Quote examples

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The "very small number" applies to having visible calico skin pattern, not having two X chromosomes, a random one disabled in each cell.

Proper noun examples

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Calico [1] uses etcd as well (version 2.0.5 I think?) and I've never had any problems so far...

2

Google has more projects directed at it, some explicitly like Calico.

3

Calico and SpaceX are what I'm praising far more than just Google and Tesla.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use calico in a sentence?

But the stuff in the article about human female brains and calico cats is really nice to know.

What does calico mean?

Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.

What part of speech is calico?

calico is commonly used as adjective, noun.