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English noun: tortoiseshell

1. tortoiseshell (substance) the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles


Broader (hypernym)horn

2. tortoiseshell (animal) brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles


Synonymstortoiseshell butterfly


Broader (hypernym)brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly


Member meronymgenus Nymphalis, Nymphalis

3. tortoiseshell (animal) a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings


Synonymscalico cat, tortoiseshell-cat


Broader (hypernym)domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat









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