transcription, транскрипция: [ tɔ:(r)təsʃel ]
( tortoiseshells)
1.
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.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell.
He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames.
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