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tortoise_shell

tortoise shell

See also: tortoiseshell and tortoise-shell

English

Noun

tortoise shell ‎(plural tortoise shells)

The shell of a tortoise, sometimes inaccurately the shell of a turtle, or that material.
Alternative form of tortoiseshell

Translations

shell of a tortoise

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 龜殼 (zh), 龟壳 (zh) ‎(guīké), 龜甲 (zh), 龟甲 (zh) ‎(guījiǎ)
Finnish: kilpikonnan kuori
Japanese: 亀甲 (ja) ‎(きっこう, kikkō)

Korean: 귀각 ‎(gwigak)
Russian: па́нцирь черепа́хи m ‎(páncirʹ čerepáxi)
Spanish: caparazón de tortuga m
Tagalog: kala