tortoise shell

See also: tortoiseshell and tortoise-shell

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Noun

tortoise shell (plural tortoise shells)

  1. The shell of a tortoise, sometimes inaccurately the shell of a turtle, or that material.
  2. Alternative form of tortoiseshell.

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