tortoise shell

See also: tortoiseshell and tortoise-shell

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Noun

tortoise shell (plural tortoise shells)

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

Derived terms

• tortoise shell bracket

Translations

shell of a tortoise

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 龜殼 / 龟壳 (zh) (guīké), 龜甲 / 龟甲 (zh) (guījiǎ) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kilpikonnankuori German: Schildkrötenpanzer (de) m Greek: Ancient: χελώνιον n (khelṓnion) Gujarati: કચકડું n (kacakḍũ) Japanese: 亀甲 (ja) (きっこう, kikkō) Korean: 귀각 (gwigak) Mari: Eastern Mari: щиток (ŝitok) Russian: па́нцирь черепа́хи m (páncirʹ čerepáxi) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: caparazón de tortuga m Tagalog: kala Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: mai rùa (vi)