tortoiseshell, n.
(tortoiseshells)
(tortoiseshells)
a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
<noun.animal>
calico cat tortoiseshell tortoiseshell-cat
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brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
<noun.animal>
tortoiseshell tortoiseshell butterfly
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member holonym
the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
<noun.substance>
tortoiseshell
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