probably when some one found an alley cat (tomcat) who he called Tom
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Female cats are called a Queen, male cats are called a Tom.
Un-altered male cats are called Tom Cats.
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Male cats are often called tom-cats or toms. :)
Male cats are called toms or tom-cats and female cats are called shes or she-cats.
All male cats are called toms.
I think that male cats are called tom cats because 'tom' means a boy, you know when girls say that they're a tomboy? Girls acting like boys and liking "boyish" things? Well, that's why I think they call male cats tom cats, because in our 'language', 'tom' means boy.
As far as I know, yes.
Male: Tom Female: Queen
a male cat is called a Tom and a female cat is called a Queen
any baby cat is called a kitten if its male or female it is the same