Russian blue
noun
often capitalized B
: any of a breed of slender long-bodied large-eared domestic cats with short silky bluish-gray fur
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Commenters on the thread are evenly divided, with some claiming that’s just how Russian blues look and others claiming to have found inconsistencies in the graining on the hardwood floor.
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Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2024
Her cat, Roo, a Russian blue whose formal name is Rooster, had been with her in the car but ran away from the scene.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2024
And there was the shop’s resident cat, a Russian blue named Boris.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
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Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2024
Her cat, Roo, a Russian blue whose formal name is Rooster, had been with her in the car but ran away from the scene.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2024
And there was the shop’s resident cat, a Russian blue named Boris.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
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“Russian blue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Russian%20blue. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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