tortoiseshell
tortoise|shell /t'ɔːrtəsʃel/ (tortoiseshells)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell.
He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell.
He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames.