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tortoiseshell

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13 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɔː(ɹ)təˌʃɛl/Part of speech nounSorted eehilloorssttStarts with TEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings

Word origin

From tortoise + shell.

Used in a sentence

  • Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper (35%).
  • Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.

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