Tortoiseshell Synonyms

tôrtəszhel
Brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tortoiseshell butterfly
A cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tortoiseshell-cat
  2. calico-cat

Words Related to Tortoiseshell

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. tortoiseshells
  2. green-veined
  3. orange-tip
  4. mottled
  5. hawk-moth
  6. china-mark
  7. Square-spot
  8. hawk-moths
  9. Blood-vein

Tortoiseshell Sentence Examples

  • The tortoiseshell tom watched her accusingly from the rock garden.

  • The exports, which comprise coffee, bananas, cocoa, cabinet-woods and dye-woods, with hides and skins, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell and gold, were officially valued at £1,398,000 in 1904; and in the same year the imports, including foodstuffs, dry goods and hardware, were valued at £1,229,000.

  • In some places the capture of the latter is the source of a considerable export trade in tortoiseshell.

  • Fishing for the tortoiseshell turtle gives employment to a large number of natives in the season, and considerable quantities of the shell are exported.

  • The turtle is also found, the carapace being exported as tortoiseshell, the animal being gently roasted or boiled alive over a slow fire to facilitate the separation of the shell from the flesh.

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