calico

Japanese: calico
calico

…A type of plain-woven cotton fabric. A colloquial name for calico. It was first produced in India and exported from Calicut, the center of production.

From 【Goldfish (goldfish/brown fish)】

...Therefore, surgery is also performed to artificially remove the red parts of the scales and bleach them. Other names include calico, comet, Yamagata goldfish, Nankin, Tsugaru Nishiki, and Hiro Nishiki.
[Chinese Goldfish]
Some so-called "Chinese goldfish" are similar to the native Japanese varieties, but here we will only list those with notable characteristics.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "calico" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…平織綿織物の一種。キャリコcalicoの俗称。インドで初めて生産され集産地のカリカットCalicutから輸出されたので,この名がある。…

【キンギョ(金魚∥錦魚)】より

…したがってうろこの赤色部を人工的に抜いて脱色させる手術も行われている。このほかにキャリコcalico,コメットcomet(イラスト),ヤマガタキンギョ(山形金魚),ナンキン,ツガルニシキ(津軽錦),ヒロニシキ(弘錦)などがある。
[中国金魚]
 いわゆる〈中国金魚〉には日本在来の品種に近いものもあるが,ここでは著しい特徴をもつもののみを列挙するにとどめる。…

※「calico」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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