Crossword clues for tortoiseshell
tortoiseshell
- Larvae feed on nettles
- A cat having black and cream and yellowish markings
- Brilliantly colored
- The mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
- Ghastly shirt let loose, yellowish-brown
- Cat; butterfly
- Cat with mottled markings
- Cat that protects a reptile?
- Broadcast the stories associated with LOL cat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
a. 1 Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. 2 Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. n. 1 The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc. 2 The hawksbill turtle. 3 A domestic cat whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings. 4 Any of several butterflies, mostly of the genus (taxlink Mymphalis genus noshow=1) that have similar markings.
WordNet
n. the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles [syn: tortoiseshell butterfly]
a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings [syn: tortoiseshell-cat, calico cat]
Wikipedia
Tortoiseshell or tortoise shell is a material produced from the shells of the larger species of tortoise and turtle, mainly the hawksbill sea turtle, which is an endangered species largely because of its exploitation for the material. The large size, fine colour and unusual form of the hawksbill's scutes make it especially suitable. The distinctive patterning is referred to in names such as the tortoiseshell cat, several breeds of guinea pig, and the common names of several species of the butterfly geni Nymphalis and Aglais, and some other uses.
Tortoiseshell can refer to:
- tortoiseshell, made primarily from the shell of the Hawksbill turtle
- turtle shell, the shell of a turtle or tortoise
- Tortoiseshell cat
- a pattern used in clothing and jewellery
- tortoiseshell butterflies, brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae) in the genera Aglais and Nymphalis
- "Tortoiseshell", a song by The Boo Radleys which appeared on their EP Every Heaven
Usage examples of "tortoiseshell".
Brutus, the evil striped cat, stalked angrily around his feet while Candy, the tortoiseshell, cried piteously, and Ashcan tried to climb his legs.
Beneath those, a pair of kidskin gloves, an ivory fan, tortoiseshell haircombs, embroidered handkerchiefs, a set of silver brushes and combs.
Cole Haan loafers, and tortoiseshell specs they love to take off and nibble the arm of, plus always a uniform self-seriousness that reminds you of every overachieving dweeb you ever wanted to kick the ass of in school.
Her I N S I L E NC E 109 hair grew long over the crown of her head, and she clutched the hair to the nape of her neck with a round tortoiseshell comb.
There was good grass in the level floor of the valley and cattle the color of housecats to tortoiseshell and calico moved off constantly before them up through the buckthorn or stood along the low rise of ancient ground running down to the east to watch them as they passed along the road.
He wore the uniform of academia: corduroy jacket fastened high to the neck, with worn and faded elbow patches, stone-washed denims, black Doc Martens and tortoiseshell round-rim glasses.
Apparently the deal was that one of the bettors that bet with Sorkin through Fackelmann was a guy Gately and Fackelmann know only as Eighties Bill, an impeccably groomed guy that wore red suspenders under snazzy Zegna-brand menswear and tortoiseshell specs and Docksiders, an old-fashioned corporate take-overer and asset-plunderer, maybe fifty, with an Exchange Place office and a souvenir FREE MILKEN bumper sticker on his Beamer it was a night of many highballs and much papoosing, and Gately had to keep flicking the top of P.
She has in the first place,' said Miss Barrace, swinging a little her tortoiseshell, 'that of doing her part.
Rohain lifted a few lids, unscrewed several caps, to reveal pink and white powders, black paste, pastilles, gloves, buttons, buttonhooks, ribbons, decorative combs of bone, horn, or brass inlaid with tortoiseshell, silver pique barrettes, enameled butterfly clasps, scented essences, aromatic substances.
Some of the stalls had bright banners stretched above them to extol their wares, and all had their wares prominently to be seen or smelled: Chinese paper parasols, steaming wurst and kraut, head-and-stick hobbyhorses, fresh-baked hot waffles, tortoiseshell combs, beer straight from the keg, goat's milk straight from the nanny, tin trumpets, layered tortes, decorative little lamps, sugar sticks, toy drums, cuckoo clocks.
He had a hatchet face and a receding chin, and he gazed at Jill through what she assumed were the tortoiseshell cheaters referred to by her recent acquaintance, Mr.
I was reborn as a hawk moth, a cockroach, a cow, and a tortoiseshell cat.
If we can't keep control over this Cardassian tortoiseshell, we're just another semiautonomous jerkwater town with nothing to offer anybody at all.
He was gray-haired and professorial, with tortoiseshell eyeglasses, but he was dressed in a turquoise and orange beach shirt pattered with palm trees and hula girls and an oversized pair of safari shorts.
Back in my room J put on navy slacks, a pink blouse with a dark blue vest over it, and brushed out my hair, repinning it on top of my head with blond tortoiseshell combs.