Tommed

Variant of tom

tom definition

tom (täm)

noun

the male of some animals, esp. of the cat

Etymology: < Tom, dim. of Thomas, esp. infl. by tomcat, earlier Tom the Cat (c. 1760): cf. similar use of jack

adjective

male a tom turkey

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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