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Tortoiseshell

nounid 145736·updated May 18, 2026
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a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§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

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