Definition of Tortoiseshells

1. Noun. (plural of tortoiseshell) ¹

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Definition of Tortoiseshells

1. tortoiseshell [n] - See also: tortoiseshell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortoiseshells

tortive
tortness
tortoise-shell
tortoise plant
tortoise shell
tortoise shells
tortoiselike
tortoises
tortoiseshell-cat
tortoiseshell cat
tortoiseshell cats
tortoiseshell turtle
tortoiseshells (current term)
tortoni
tortonis
tortrices
tortricid
tortricid moth
tortricids
tortrix
tortrixes
torts
tortulous
tortuosities
tortuosity
tortuous
tortuous aorta

Literary usage of Tortoiseshells

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"been paired with a tortoiseshell £, orange and black kittens have been produced in addition to tortoiseshells. The question then at once arises, ..."

2. Rabbits, Cats and Cavies: Descriptive Sketches of All Recognised Exhibition by Charles Henry Lane (1903)
"In Long Hairs, after the main colours — Black, White, Blue and Smoke — there are the Tabbies, Chinchillas, Creams and tortoiseshells ; any others than those ..."

3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The caterpillars are spinous, as are those of the two tortoiseshells. A figure of the beautiful, although dark-colored, Swinhoe's tortoiseshell (. ..."

4. The Last Voyage by Barker (Mary Anne), Thomas Brassey Brassey (1889)
"There being no chance of a start at present, Mr. Pemberton^ kindly went off to try to get back a cheque which Tom had given for the tortoiseshells and ..."

5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1895)
"At one of the principal post-offices one of the employees showed me about a dozen largo tortoiseshells the other day that he had bred from the chrysalis, ..."

6. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"Fawns and sooty fawns will breed well together, or with almost anything, and also breed excellently with a black buck, sometimes producing tortoiseshells. ..."

7. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Of the butterflies I recognised nearly all as being closely allied to the English kinds, such as heaths, sulphurs, tortoiseshells, whites and blues. ..."

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