Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - tortoiseshell
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(tortoiseshells) 1. Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments. N-UNCOUNT 2. Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell. He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Date: 1632 1. the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used especially formerly in inlaying and in making various ornamental articles 2. any of several showy nymphalid butterflies (genera Nymphalis and Aglais) II. adjective Date: 1651 1. made of or resembling ~ especially in mottled brown and yellow coloring ~ glasses 2. of, relating to, or being a color pattern of the domestic cat consisting of patches of black, orange, and cream ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 the yellowish-brown mottled or clouded outer shell of some turtles, used for decorative hair-combs, jewellery, etc. 2 a = tortoiseshell cat. b = tortoiseshell butterfly. --adj. having the colouring or appearance of tortoiseshell. Phrases and idioms tortoiseshell butterfly any of various butterflies, esp. of the genus Aglais or Nymphalis, with wings mottled like tortoiseshell. tortoiseshell cat a domestic cat with markings resembling tortoiseshell. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. панцирь черепахи 2. черепаха (материал) tortoiseshell comb —- черепаховый гребень spectacles with tortoiseshell frames —- очки в черепаховой оправе 3. пестрая кошка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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