1. plain lightweight cotton fabric with figured pattern printed on one side; plain white cotton fabric (british usage); animal with spotted or color-patched coat (such as a cat). calicocali*co , a. made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [colloq. u. s.]calico cali*co , n.; pl. calicoes (#). [so called because first imported from calicut, in the east indies: cf. f. calicot.]