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TORTOISESHELL
Definition of TORTOISESHELL
- The semitransparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewelry or ornaments
- A synthetic substance made in imitation of this
- the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used esp formerly in inlaying and in making various ornamental articles [n -S]