calico
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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
Annabelle Pancake, 11, right, of Anaheim, plays a Calico Gazette reporter interviewing a postal worker, played by Rachel Roman.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024
Calico wrappers brushed against greasy satin skirts, and faded kimono dressing-jackets vied in filth and slovenliness with unbelted shirt-waists.
From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Richardson, Dorothy
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