Similar words: tortoise, noises, be short of, cruise ship, mademoiselle, raise hell, in short order, for the hell of it. Meaning: n. 1. the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles 2. brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles 3. a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings.
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1. He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames.
2. First, what exactly is a tortoiseshell cat?
3. It was Rats, Molly's huge tortoiseshell cat.
4. The chances of finding a male tortoiseshell have been calculated at about 200 to 1.
5. The tortoiseshell cat was found wounded and frightened in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, and brought to an animal sanctuary.
6. This beautiful tortoiseshell stretched[sentencedict.com], licked a languid paw and sat up.
7. Stardancer, an enormous, tortoiseshell tomcat, lay peacefully in my arms.
8. Beautiful combs, pure tortoiseshell, with jewels set in - just the colour to wear in her beautiful hair.
9. The Small Tortoiseshell is feeding in Farrell's "Bramblearium", a riot of wild flowers and nectar-rich brambles sitting in a small corner of the grounds around Farrell's house, a former mushroom farm.
10. Beautiful combs, pure tortoiseshell, with jeweled rims — just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair.
11. With his wiry grayish-brown hair, his tortoiseshell glasses and his intensity, Professor Lewin is the iconic brilliant scientist.
12. An elaborate inlay of tortoiseshell, ivory , and metal, used especially in decorating furniture.
13. Down in the street a tortoiseshell cat was chasing a dead leaf, " etc. "
14. No more is one of a tortoiseshell a knife[http://sentencedict.com/tortoiseshell.html], carved Oracle!
15. A visible example of X chromosome inactivation is the tortoiseshell cat.
16. In old Mayan paintings musicians are depicted striking a tortoiseshell with a forked stick.
17. And it is probably true to add that no tortoiseshell cat has ever fathered a litter of kittens.
18. Her auburn hair had been lifted from her shoulders and tied with a tortoiseshell slide.
19. A tropical sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) valued as a source of tortoiseshell.
20. The hawksbill turtle possesses a beautiful marbled shell, which has been exploited for thousands of years as the sole source of commercial tortoiseshell.
More similar words: tortoise, noises, be short of, cruise ship, mademoiselle, raise hell, in short order, for the hell of it, patois, shintoism, repertoire, horseshoe, ice shelf, horseshoes, close shave, noise, poise, on the shelf, a close shave, poised, porpoise, sort out, sort of, equipoise, turquoise, make noise, noiseless, crises, arises, raises.