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How to pronounce “tortoiseshell”
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Pronunciation guide for tortoiseshell
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tortoiseshell with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Before We Visit the Goddess
She would become a principal with tortoiseshell glasses,
- Definition summary
- The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.
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How to pronounce tortoiseshell
Before We Visit the Goddess

She would become a principal with tortoiseshell glasses,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tortoiseshell”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.
- The hawksbill turtle.
- A domestic cat (or a rabbit, guinea-pig, etc.) whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings.
- Any of several butterflies, mostly of the genera Nymphalis and Aglais that have similar markings.
- [Adjective]
- Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle.
- Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle.
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