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Tortoiseshell Common

Tortoiseshell has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles

2

brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles

3

a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings

4

The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.

Adjective
1

Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
horn nymphalid domestic cat
Rhyming Words
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