TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY

Meaning of TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY in English

noun

see tortoiseshell I, 2

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

TORTOISESHELL — I. noun Date: 1632 the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used especially formerly in inlaying …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUTTERFLY — I Any of more than 17,000 lepidopteran species found worldwide. Unlike moth s, butterflies are active during the day and …
Английский словарь Британика
TORTOISESHELL — I. ˈtȯ(r)d.]əˌshel, -)t], ]əs(h)ˌshel\ noun 1. : a substance that forms the horny plates covering the shell of some turtles …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — I. ˈbəd.ə(r)ˌflī, -ətə- noun Etymology: Middle English butterflie, from Old English buterflēoge, from butere butter + flēoge fly, perhaps from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — /tawr"teuhs shel'/ , n. Also, tortoise shell . 1. a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — — butterflylike , adj. , adv. /but"euhr fluy'/ , n. , pl. butterflies , v. , butterflied, butterflying , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — n. any of a number of winged insects of the order Lepidoptera having long slender bodies and four colorful wings; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TORTOISESHELL — I. ˈtȯr-tə-ˌshel, -əsh-ˌshel noun Date: 1632 1. : the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY — I. -ˌflī noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. : any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TORTOISESHELL — ■ noun 1》 the semi-transparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewellery or ornaments. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TORTOISESHELL — [tor.toise.shell] n (1632) 1: the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles (as the hawksbill turtle) used in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTERFLY — [but.ter.fly] n, often attrib (bef. 12c) 1: any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal insects (order Lepidoptera) with broad often brightly colored …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TORTOISESHELL — ornamental material obtained from the curved horny shields forming the shell of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). The marbled, varicoloured …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY — Palaechrysophanus hippothoe, an iridescent butterfly any of several thousand species of insects belonging to about six families (or more, in …
Britannica English vocabulary
TORTOISESHELL — tortoiseshell BrE AmE ˈtɔːt əs ʃel ⇨-əʃ-, -ə- AmE \ ˈtɔːrt̬-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — butter|fly BrE AmE ˈbʌt ə |flaɪ AmE \ ˈbʌt̬ ə r- ▷ butter|flies flaɪz ▶ ˈ butterfly bush BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — / ˈtɔːtəsʃel; ˈtɔːtəʃel; NAmE ˈtɔːrt-/ noun 1. [ U ] the hard shell of a turtle , especially the type …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — / ˈbʌtəflaɪ; NAmE -tərf-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a flying insect with a long thin …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — tor ‧ toise ‧ shell /ˈtɔːtəsʃel, ˈtɔːtəʃel $ ˈtɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [uncountable] a hard shiny brown and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTERFLY — but ‧ ter ‧ fly /ˈbʌtəflaɪ $ -ər-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural butterflies ) [countable] [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TORTOISESHELL — n. & adj. --n. 1 the yellowish-brown mottled or clouded outer shell of some turtles, used for decorative hair-combs, jewellery, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TORTOISESHELL — n. & adj. n. 1 the yellowish-brown mottled or clouded outer shell of some turtles, used for decorative hair-combs, jewellery, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — n. & adj. --n. 1. the yellowish-brown mottled or clouded outer shell of some turtles, used for decorative hair-combs, jewellery, …
Oxford English vocab
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1. any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Oxford English vocab
TORTOISESHELL — ( tortoiseshells) 1. Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — ( butterflies) 1. A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — (~s) 1. Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BUTTERFLY — (butterflies) 1. A ~ is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TORTOISESHELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN cat ▪ A visible example of X chromosome inactivation is the tortoiseshell cat . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE white ▪ A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TORTOISESHELL — [noun] [U] - the hard shell of a turtle which is yellow, orange and brown and which is used to …
Cambridge English vocab
BUTTERFLY — n. butterfly bush admiral butterfly blue butterfly butterfly weed cabbage butterfly copper butterfly monarch butterfly sulphur butterfly sulfur butterfly swallowtail …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BUTTERFLY — n. Any of more than 17,000 lepidopteran species found worldwide. Unlike moth s, butterflies are active during the day and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TORTOISESHELL — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TORTOISESHELL — noun Tortoiseshell is used before these nouns: ↑ cat
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — noun 1 insect VERB + BUTTERFLY ▪ chase ▪ collect ▪ attract ▪ Sweetly scented flowers will attract butterflies to …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — n. 25B6; noun lepidopteran. See list. lepidopterous, papilionaceous. Butterflies See also moth . large blue Adonis blue map butterfly alpine …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TORTOISESHELL — панцирь черепахи черепаха (материал) - * comb черепаховый гребень - spectacles with * frames очки в черепаховой оправе пестрая кошка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTERFLY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TORTOISESHELL — n 1. панцирь черепахи 2. черепаха ( материал ) tortoiseshell comb tray - черепаховый гребень поднос spectacles with tortoiseshell frames …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUTTERFLY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUTTERFLY — butterfly сущ.1) бабочка to collect butterflies — собирать бабочек A butterfly flits from flower to flower. — Бабочка порхает с …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TORTOISESHELL — (n) панцирь черепахи; пестрая кошка; черепаха
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TORTOISESHELL — n 1. панцирь черепахи 2. черепаха ( материал ) ~ comb [tray] - черепаховый гребень [поднос] spectacles with ~ frames …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TORTOISESHELL — n 1. панцирь черепахи 2. черепаха ( материал ) tortoiseshell comb tray - черепаховый гребень поднос spectacles with tortoiseshell frames …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTERFLY
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTERFLY — сущ. 1) бабочка to collect butterflies — собирать бабочек A butterfly flits from flower to flower. — Бабочка порхает с …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BUTTERFLY — сущ. 1) бабочка to collect butterflies — собирать бабочек A butterfly flits from flower to flower. — Бабочка порхает с цветка на цветок 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TORTOISESHELL — энт. ванесса (Vanessa) - large tortoiseshell - lesser tortoiseshell - mountain tortoiseshell - small tortoiseshell
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BUTTERFLY
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TORTOISESHELL — энт. ванесса ( Vanessa ) - large tortoiseshell - lesser tortoiseshell - mountain tortoiseshell - small tortoiseshell
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BUTTERFLY
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BUTTERFLY — _n. 1> бабочка 2> _спорт. баттерфляй (стиль плавания) (тж. butterfly stroke)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BUTTERFLY — n. 1. бабочка 2. спорт. баттерфляй (стиль плавания) (тж. butterfly stroke)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TORTOISESHELL — панцирь черепахи черепаха (материал) - * comb черепаховый гребень - spectacles with * frames очки в черепаховой оправе пестрая кошка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTERFLY
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TORTOISESHELL WARE — earthenware with variegated, surface colour made in Staffordshire, England, in the 18th century. It was a subdivision of the clouded …
Britannica English vocabulary
LESSER TORTOISESHELL — - mountain tortoiseshell, - small tortoiseshell крапивница (Vanessa urticae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LESSER TORTOISESHELL — = mountain tortoiseshell, = small tortoiseshell крапивница ( Vanessa urticae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PIQU WORK — decorative technique, usually employed on tortoiseshell, in which inlaid designs are created by means of small gold or silver pins. …
Britannica English vocabulary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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