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tortiously |
tortive |
tortoise |
tortoise plant |
tortoise shell |
tortoise-shell
| tortoiseshell
| tortoiseshell butterfly
| tortoiseshell turtle
| tortoiseshell-cat
| tortricid
tortoise-shell
CIDE DICTIONARY
tortoise-shell, adj.
Having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color.
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