tortoiseshell
English Thesaurus
1. a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | domestic cat, felis catus, felis domesticus, house cat, |
| definition | : | any domesticated member of the genus Felis (noun.animal) |
2. brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, |
| definition | : | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus nymphalis, nymphalis, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies (noun.animal) |
3. the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | horn, |
| definition | : | the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails (noun.substance) |
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