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Word: tortoiseshell (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle
  • made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle

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Noun:

  • a domestic cat whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings
  • any of several butterflies, mostly of the genus ''Mymphalis'' that have similar markings
  • the hawksbill turtle
  • the horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle; used as a veneer etc

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