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Definition of Tortoiseshells
1. tortoiseshell [n] - See also: tortoiseshell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortoiseshells
Literary usage of Tortoiseshells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"been paired with a tortoiseshell £, orange and black kittens have been produced
in addition to tortoiseshells. The question then at once arises, ..."
2. Rabbits, Cats and Cavies: Descriptive Sketches of All Recognised Exhibition by Charles Henry Lane (1903)
"In Long Hairs, after the main colours — Black, White, Blue and Smoke — there are
the Tabbies, Chinchillas, Creams and tortoiseshells ; any others than those ..."
3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The caterpillars are spinous, as are those of the two tortoiseshells. A figure
of the beautiful, although dark-colored, Swinhoe's tortoiseshell (. ..."
4. The Last Voyage by Barker (Mary Anne), Thomas Brassey Brassey (1889)
"There being no chance of a start at present, Mr. Pemberton^ kindly went off to
try to get back a cheque which Tom had given for the tortoiseshells and ..."
5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1895)
"At one of the principal post-offices one of the employees showed me about a dozen
largo tortoiseshells the other day that he had bred from the chrysalis, ..."
6. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"Fawns and sooty fawns will breed well together, or with almost anything, and also
breed excellently with a black buck, sometimes producing tortoiseshells. ..."
7. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Of the butterflies I recognised nearly all as being closely allied to the English
kinds, such as heaths, sulphurs, tortoiseshells, whites and blues. ..."
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