Tortoiseshell
nounid
145736·updated May 18, 2026verified
a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- calico cattortoiseshell butterflytortoiseshell-cat
- plural
- Tortoiseshells
- possessive
- Tortoiseshell's
- pluralpossessive
- Tortoiseshells'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
- §2
- brilliantly colored
- §3
- the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
- §1 · legacy_primary
- a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markingsDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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