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Glossary of Cat Terms

Sm - Spe

Smoke: A term describing a coat color in which most of the hairs are colored with the roots being white or pale.

Snowshoe Cat: A breed of cat with large ears, blue eyes, a triangular head with black marking, and a shorthaired, white and gray coat.

Solid: Also known as self, a term referring to a coat of a single color.

Somali Cat: A longhaired breed of cat similar in appearance to the Abyssinian though with a different coat length.

Spay: To remove a female cat's ovaries to prevent conception.

Species: A fundamental category of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus and consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding.

Sperm: A male gamete or reproductive cell; a spermatozoon, semen.

Speuter: A blending of spay and neuter.



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