a type of cat derived from a mutant with a generalized absence of hair that is transmitted as a recessive trait. Now being promoted as a distinct breed. Called Sphinx cat in the United States. See also alopecia universalis. Called also Canadian hairless cat.
Victoria Hill and Philip Burk, from Hull, entered their sphinx cat Dotty for the first time this year, where she was placed second.
The Surprise Visitor story is about cranky Great Aunt Violet who comes to stay with her hairless sphinx cat named Pharoah.
Then they look at me and laugh - laugh hysterically - in my little, bulbouseyed Sphinx cat face.
Rachel spends a lot of money buying a Sphinx cat because it reminds her of the one her grandmother had when she was younger.