Tortoiseshell synonyms

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tortoiseshell-cat
A domestic cat whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings
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tortoiseshells (related)
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calico-cat
(US) A tortoiseshell and white domestic cat.
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mottled (related)
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tortoiseshell butterfly
brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
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green-veined (related)
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orange-tip (related)
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hawk-moth (related)
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china-mark (related)
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Square-spot (related)
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hawk-moths (related)
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Blood-vein (related)
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hortulata (related)
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Find another word for tortoiseshell. In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tortoiseshell, like: tortoiseshell-cat, tortoiseshells, calico-cat, mottled, tortoiseshell butterfly, , orange-tip, hawk-moth, china-mark, Square-spot and hawk-moths.
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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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