tortoise-shell
烏龜殼
tortoise-shell, adj. Having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color. n. a tortoise-shell cat.
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tortoiseshell
n 1: the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
2: brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles [syn: tortoiseshell
butterfly]
3: a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings [syn: tortoiseshell-cat,
calico cat]