noun

• A cat with orange fur and darker orange markings.

  ‘He meets a little white mouse, a marmalade cat, a black-and-white cow, a green crocodile, a grinning lion, a big-eared elephant and a gigantic whale.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘"Sir Winston requested in his will that there should always be a marmalade cat named Jock in comfortable residence at the House," explains Victoria, part of whose job description is to look after the current incumbent, six-year-old Jock III.’
  • ‘Orlando is a gorgeous marmalade cat with gooseberry-green eyes.’
  • ‘The term marmalade cat applies to several Malawi species with certain markings.’

  Synonyms

  feline