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Tortoise-shell

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of tortoiseshell. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The same nervous staccato laugh broke from her thin lips, and her fingers began to play with a long tortoise-shell paper-knife."

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of tortoiseshell. alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually

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