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Words with a similar base: tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell-cat, tortoiseshell_butterfly

'tortoiseshell'

[tortoiseshell.n.01] as in: the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles

'tortoiseshell'

[tortoiseshell.n.02] as in: brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles

'tortoiseshell'

[tortoiseshell.n.03] as in: a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings

Origins

					tortoiseshell (English)
├── shell (English)
│   └── schelle (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── tortoise (English)
    └── tortuse (Middle English (1100-1500))