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American Keuda en · NOUN

Etymology

Initialism, from a 1980s study in the US southwest entitled Kitten Evaluation Under Direct Assessment, which sought to establish the characteristics of the ideal barn cat.

Meanings

1. A domestic cat of a provisional breed originating in the United States.
   • The only other breed said to have this flap is the American Keuda. 2006, Bruce Fogle, Cats, page 116:
   • This is not the first breed to be developed from street cats; as the American Shorthair, European Shorthair, and American Keuda all show. 2012, Nancy Robbins, Domestic Cats: Their History, Breeds and Other Facts, page 127:
   • And if you aren't bored already here are some more: American Keuda, American Ringtail,[…]. 2008, Vicky Halls, The Complete Cat, page 122:

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