Calico is a plain-woven cotton textile.
Calico 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 restored as a tourist attraction Calico Mountains (California), a mountain range in the Mojave Desert where the ghost town is located Calico Early Man Site, a archaeological site in the mountain range Calico Peaks, mountains within the Calico mountain range 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 Wilderness, a wilderness area contained within the hills 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, singer, and dancer, and daughter of the rock and roll musician Alice Cooper and the dancer Sheryl Cooper John Rackham (hanged 1720), an English pirate captain in the early 18th century whose likely fictional nickname was calico. Calico (footballer) (born 1987), Portuguese footballer
Arts and entertainment
"Calico", a song from the album Anthology by Alien Ant Farm Calico (album), 2023 album by Ryan Beatty "Calico", a song from the 1993 album So Tough, by 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 (board game), a 2020 board game "Calico Skies", a song by Paul McCartney's from his 1997 album Flaming Pie Calico (comics), a Marvel Comics character and member of the Outliers
Companies and organizations Calico (company), subsidiary of Alphabet with a focus on the biology of aging 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 Iowa Central Air Line Railroad, a 19th-century railroad known derisively as the "Calico railroad"
See also
Calicut (disambiguation), city in India, origin of the word/fabric