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单词 tortoiseshell
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tortoiseshelln.adj.

/ˈtɔːtəsˌʃɛl/colloquial./ˈtɔːtəʃɛl/
Forms: see tortoise n. and shell n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tortoise n., shell n.
Etymology: < tortoise n. + shell n.
1. The shell, esp. the upper shell or carapace, of a tortoise, consisting of horny scales covering the dermal skeleton.
a. with a and plural.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > tortoise or land turtle > parts of
tortoiseshell1601
nose1681
back-plate1859
bekko1889
the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > member of > parts of > shell or parts of
shell1542
tortoiseshell1601
breastplate1698
plastron1831
hyposternal1835
neural plate1849
nuchal1864
hypoplastron1871
medullary plate1879
neural1888
neural bone1889
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. x. 241 Among the Islands principally in the red sea, they use Tortoise shells..for boats and wherries.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 124 Curiosities of Ivory and Tortoise shells, in which they turne, and make many rare toyes.
a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 570/1 In Yucatan they made a musical instrument of the tortoise-shell, preserved whole.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 388 A drink of muddy water..out of a dirty tortoise-shell.
b. As a material (without a or plural): The shell of certain tortoises, esp. that of the hawk's-bill turtle, Chelone imbricata, which is semi-transparent, with a mottled or clouded coloration, and is extensively used in ornamental work, as inlaying, etc.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > tortoise- or turtle-shell
tortoiseshell1632
turtle-shell1828
yellowbelly1905
1632 R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) 1st Ser. III. 132 A cabbonett of Torties shell.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 206/1 The Turks have a kind of Tortois-shell..of which they make hafts for Knives.
1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland ii. 81 The Hawksbill-Turtle..of Brazil is most sought after..for its Shell, which..is the clearest and best-clouded Tortoise-shell in the World.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vii. 195 A bit of horn or tortyshell.
1768 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil 131 Some of the Romans were so extravagant as to cover their doors and door-cases with Indian tortoise-shell.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 112 At Krudo, and the islands near it, may be got much tortoiseshell.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 131 The tortershell would have affected the brain.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 123 Made of wood,..inlaid with mother-of-pearl, tortoise-shell, etc.
2. = tortoise n. 2a, 2b Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > compact formation > shield-wall or testudo
pavisea1460
target-fence1598
pavisade1600
target-roof1601
pavisado1609
tortoiseshella1661
testudoa1680
tortoise1697
shield-wall1880
shield-hedge1892
shield-ring1892
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > movable shed
sow1297
mantel1357
snail1408
vinet1408
whelk1408
circlec1440
barbed-cat1489
mantle1489
mantlet1524
vine1565
tortoise1569
sow-guard1582
penthouse1600
penticle1600
target-roof1601
vinea1601
fence-roof1609
testudo1609
cat-house1614
vineyard1650
tortoiseshell1726
manta1829
cat1833
ram-house1850
tortoise-roof1855
bear1865
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) ii. 29/2 Like souldiers,..when..they cast themselves..into the military figure of the testudo, or the torteise-shell.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 68 The ditch..will hinder the moveable Tortoise-shell..from approaching the wall.
3. Short for (a) tortoiseshell cat, (b) tortoiseshell butterfly: see Compounds 1b.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of > tortoise-shell
tortoiseshell1840
tortoiseshell cat1858
tortie1948
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Aglais > member of (tortoise-shell)
tortoiseshell butterfly1782
tortoiseshell1884
1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 113 Oh, what a pretty little kitten! what a beautiful little dear tortoiseshell!
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Aug. 3/2 A splendid specimen of the large tortoise-shell was fluttering about Westminster Bridge.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 10/2 Of all flowers..that which the Red Admirals, Peacocks, and Tortoiseshells seem to like best is peppermint.
1903 F. Simpson Bk. Cat xvii. 208 Real tortoiseshells may be called tricolour cats, for they should bear three colours.., namely black, red, and yellow, in distinct patches or blotches.

Compounds

C1. attributive or as adj.
a. Made of tortoiseshell.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [adjective] > made of tortoise-shell
tortoiseshell1651
tortoise1702
shell1858
1651 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) I. 480 His toilet equipment includes..12 Tortus shell Agendas, 2 gold picktooths.
1652 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 38 Fyue torter shell spoones.
1683 London Gaz. No. 1809/4 A great Tortoise-shell Comb, in a Case of the same.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2416/4 A very large Tortoise-shell Tobacco Box.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 179 A very fat and red-faced gentleman, in tortoise-shell spectacles.
b.
(a) Having the colouring or appearance of tortoiseshell; mottled or variegated with black, red, and yellow, or similar colours; spec.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours
hasweda1325
pied1382
black and white1395
blue and white1551
bauson1587
piebald1743
tortoiseshell1803
testudinarious1826
pepper-and-salta1843
tortoise1902
salt-and-pepper1915
pepper-and-salty1952
1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 471 Tortoise-shell Sparus..: colour brown, with a strong suffusion of pale yellow.
1804 Gen. Zool. V. 444 Tortoise-shell Tetrodon... The Linnæan name [Tetrodon testudineus] of this fish is supposed to have been given from its tortoise-like beak, but perhaps, with more propriety, from its variegated skin.
1903 F. Simpson Bk. Cat xxv. 284 The tortoiseshell tom is a most rare and uncommon animal.
(b)
tortoiseshell butterfly n. one of several butterflies, esp. the European Vanessa urticæ and V. polychlorus, and the American Aglais milberti.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Aglais > member of (tortoise-shell)
tortoiseshell butterfly1782
tortoiseshell1884
1782 W. Curtis Short Hist. Brown-tail Moth 6 The Papilio Urticæ, and , small Tortoise-shell and Peacock Butterflies.
tortoiseshell cat n. a domestic cat of this colour.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of > tortoise-shell
tortoiseshell1840
tortoiseshell cat1858
tortie1948
1791 G. Huddesford Monody Death Dick in Salmagundi 141 Cats..sable, sandy, grey, and tortoiseshell.
1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. xiv They kept a tortoise-shell cat and a canary.
tortoiseshell goose n. (see quot. 1885).
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Anser > anser albifrons (white-front)
laughing goose1750
whitefront1855
speckle-belly1874
tortoiseshell goose1885
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 148 White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)... Tortoise-shell goose (Ireland). From the mottled markings on the abdomen.
tortoiseshell palm n. (see quot. 1902).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms
prickly palm1666
thorny palm1666
palm1681
sagwire1681
wine-palm1681
prickle-palm1684
prickly pole1696
brab1698
palmyra1698
thatch-tree1756
double coconut1775
nibong1779
nipa1779
rhapis1789
cocorite1796
groo-groo1796
borassus1798
cohune1805
traveller's tree1809
tucum1810
gomuti1811
taliera1814
lontar1820
salak1820
ground-rattan1823
geonoma1824
tucuma1824
nikau1827
wax-palm1830
murumuru1834
piassava1835
traveller's palm1850
bangalow1851
inajá palm1853
jacitara1853
peach palm1853
pupunha palm1853
jipijapa1858
urucuri1860
climbing palm1863
sea-apple1864
Alexandra palm1865
coquito1866
thatch1866
thatch-palm1866
açai1868
walking-stick palm1869
kentia1870
toquilla1877
Guadalupe palm1895
tortoiseshell palm1902
pimpler1909
1902 P. Fountain Great Mountains & Forests S. Amer. x. 270 The tortoise-shell palm..the leaves of which are so hard, and withal flexible, that combs, spoons, and ornamental articles are made of it.
tortoiseshell tiger n. (see tiger n. 2b).
tortoiseshell ware n. a fine kind of pottery coloured with oxide of copper and manganese.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery of specific colour
white ware1577
yellow ware1764
pearl white1779
cream-ware1780
Egyptian black1784
greyware1793
agateware1817
pearl pottery1825
brown ware1836
pearlware1842
black pot1851
cane colour1866
tortoiseshell ware1879
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator I. 367 During the reigns of Anne and George I, an improved ware was made of sand and pipe~clay, coloured with oxide of copper and manganese, forming the well-known ‘agate-ware’ and ‘tortoiseshell-ware’.
1975 Country Life 9 Oct. 898/2 (caption) 19th-century teapot similar to Whieldon's tortoiseshell ware.
c. Producing tortoiseshell.
tortoiseshell turtle n. the hawk's-bill turtle, or other species from which tortoiseshell is obtained.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Cheloniidae > member of genus Eretmochelys (hawk's-bill)
hawk's-bill turtle1657
whooping turtle1712
hawkbilla1757
tortoiseshell turtle1886
1886 St. G. Mivart in Encycl. Brit. XX. 446/2 In the other Chelonians there are large epidermal shields, which may overlap, as in the Tortoise-shell Turtle (C[helonia] imbricata) and others.
C2. Combinations, as tortoiseshell-producing adj., tortoiseshell worker.
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1883 W. S. Kent in A. J. Adderley Fisheries Bahamas 31 The edible turtle (Chelone midas) and the tortoiseshell-producing variety (Caretta imbricata)..among the marine products of the Bahamas.
1903 Daily Chron. 9 Dec. 9/6 Tortoiseshell Worker.—Good cementer, used to repairs.
1931 P. A. S. Phillips (title) John Obrisset Huguenot: carver, medallist, horn and tortoiseshell worker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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