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Tortoiseshell

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
calico cattortoiseshell butterflytortoiseshell-cat
plural
Tortoiseshells
possessive
Tortoiseshell's
pluralpossessive
Tortoiseshells'