maltese : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat
  Maltese.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat.

Webster 1913

• noun Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
  Lychins chalcedonica; scarlet lychnis.
  
• noun a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center
  

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• . See Illust. 5, of Cross.

Webster 1913

• noun breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat
  Maltese; Maltese dog.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.

Webster 1913

• noun the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French
  Maltese; Malti.
  

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• noun the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents
  lira.
  

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• noun monetary unit on Malta
  

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• noun breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat
  Maltese; Maltese dog.
  

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