Found 2 hits - Term: tortoiseshell, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tortoise-shell \tortoise-shell\, adj.
having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with
white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of
that color. n. a tortoise-shell cat.
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tortoiseshell
n 1: the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
2: brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles syn: tortoiseshell
butterfly
3: a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings syn: tortoiseshell-cat,
calico cat
see also:
tortoiseshell butterfly tortoiseshell-cat calico cat
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