Cereal definition, any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn. See more.
Solid black or grey hair with white roots, so that the catâs coat appears to be smokey (i.e., smokey black with white roots, or smokey grey with white roots). Tabbies. We love tabbies! Tabbies are probably the most common type of homeless cats we see. Tabbies come in lots of colors. The most common is the brown or brown/grey tabby, which generally has brown, black and grey blended together. You can also have grey tabbies, orange tabbies, and cream or buff tabbies.
A variation on the usual calico color pattern is seen in dilute or pastel calico cats. These variations get their name from the fact that the color pattern is a diluted or pastel version of the typical colors. calico cat has one X chromosome that has the gene for orange fur and an X chromosome that has the gene for black fur. Females have two X chromosomes, so it is possible for them to carry one X chromosome that has the orange color gene and one that has the black color gene.