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calico

[kal-i-koh] / ˈkæl ɪˌkoʊ /


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Anne Brunet is a scientific advisory board member of Calico.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

By contrast, Sylvanian Families - known as Calico Critters in the US - are marketed as "an adorable range of distinctive animal characters with charming and beautiful homes, furniture and accessories".

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

Calico cats add white fur into the mix because they have a second, unrelated genetic mechanism that shuts down pigment production in some cells.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024

A participant holds the Calico Gazette daily newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024

They go to Searchlight, and to Rhyolite, and to Calico, and other ghost towns near here.

From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)




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