Calico is a plain-woven cotton textile. It may also refer to: Textiles Calico (American English), the same as chintz Plants and animals Animals Calico (goldfish), goldfish that have a type of metallic and transparent scales Calico butterfly, a genus of brush-footed butterflies commonly called the crackers, calicoes, or clicks Calico cat, a domestic cat, almost always female, with the common three- or four-colored coat pattern calico Calico grouper, a species of fish found in Bermuda and the United States Plants Alternanthera bettzickiana, also known as calico plant Aristolochia littoralis, a species of vine also called calico flower Flint corn, also called calico corn Kalmia latifolia, a species of flowering plant also known as calico-bush Loeseliastrum, a genus of flower plants also called calico Places Calico, California, a ghost town Calico, North Carolina, an unincorporated community Calico, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Calico Bay, a bay in North Carolina Calico Hills, Humboldt County, Nevada Calico Mountains (California), a mountain range in the Mojave Desert Calico Early Man Site, a possible archaeological site in the mountain range Calico Peaks, mountains within the Calico mountain range Calico National Recreation Trail, Colorado Calico Valley, a valley in Georgia People Tara Calico (born 1969), an American woman who disappeared in 1988 Tyrone Calico (born 1980), an American football wide receiver Calico Cooper (born 1981), an American actress and daughter of the rock and roll musician Alice Cooper Calico Jack (1682–1720), an English pirate captain in the early 18th century Calico (footballer) (born 1987), Portuguese footballer Arts and entertainment "Calico", a song from the album Anthology by Alien Ant Farm "Calico", the 4th song on the 1993 album So Tough, performed and written by indie dance band Saint Etienne Calico, a fictional research vessel in the 1978-1981 TV series Godzilla Dr Calico, a fictional character in the movie Bolt (2008), voiced by Malcolm McDowell Calico, a 2020 board game Companies and organizations Calico (company), department of Alphabet responsible for health, life sciences and biotechnology CALICO (consortium), an international consortium for information on language learning technology Calico Light Weapons Systems, a small firearms manufacturing company currently based in Hillsboro, Oregon Calico Mills, one of Ahmedabad's (India) earliest textile mills Other uses Calico Solar Energy Project, a proposed California solar energy plant See also Iowa Central Air Line Railroad, a 19th-century railroad known derisively as the "Calico railroad"