a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
the horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle; used as a veneer etc
Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell. He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames
Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments