tortoiseshell

Meaning of tortoiseshell

noun
  1. The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.
  2. The hawksbill turtle.
  3. A domestic cat (or a rabbit, guinea-pig, etc.) whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings.
  4. Any of several butterflies, mostly of the genera Nymphalis and Aglais that have similar markings.
adjective
  1. Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle.
  2. Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle.

Information about tortoiseshell

  • The plural form of tortoiseshell is: tortoiseshells.
  • Languages ​​in which tortoiseshell is used:

    (Press the button to hear it)

Hyphenation of tortoiseshell

tor-toise-shell

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 13 chars.
  • tortoiseshell is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

tortoiseshell synonyms

Meaning :

tort, tortie

Words that rhyme with tortoiseshell

Hell, hell, Michell, Mitchell, Rochell, Schell, Twitchell, Vachell, Wiechell, Winchell, dratchell, futchell, mochell, muchell, satchell, rakehell, Mighell, inhell, Goldshell, Hershell, Moshell, Rayshell, Shell, Winshell, aeroshell, beshell, bodyshell, bombshell, clamshell, cockleshell, dosshell, earshell, eggshell, enshell, figshell, hardshell, inshell, jusshell, lampshell, moonshell, nutshell, oystershell, papershell, seashell, shell, shotshell, slitshell, softshell, subshell, toothshell

Are you looking more rhymes for tortoiseshell? Try our rhymes search engine.