tortoiseshell   (TTS Sound)

The noun tortoiseshell has 3 senses

• tortoiseshell -- (the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles)


• tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell butterfly -- (brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles)


• tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell-cat, calico cat -- (a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings)