Tortoise-shell

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  tortoise-shell \tortoise-shell\, adj.
     Having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with
     white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of
     that color. n. a tortoise-shell cat.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  tortoiseshell
       n 1: the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
       2: brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles [syn: {tortoiseshell
          butterfly}]
       3: a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings [syn: {tortoiseshell-cat},
           {calico cat}]