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tortoiseshell

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noun
brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
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tortoiseshell butterfly

type of:
four-footed butterfly nymphalid butterfly nymphalid brush-footed butterfly
noun
a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
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calico cat tortoiseshell-cat

type of:
felis catus domestic cat felis domesticus house cat
noun
the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
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type of:
horn

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