tortoise shell

See also: tortoiseshell and tortoise-shell

English

Noun

tortoise shell (plural tortoise shells)

The shell of a tortoise, sometimes inaccurately the shell of a turtle, or that material.
Alternative form of tortoiseshell

Translations

shell of a tortoise

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 龜殼／龟壳 (zh) (guīké), 龜甲／龟甲 (zh) (guījiǎ)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kilpikonnan kuori
German: Schildkrötenpanzer (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: χελώνιον n (khelṓnion)
Japanese: 亀甲 (ja) (きっこう, kikkō)
Korean: 귀각 (gwigak)
Russian: па́нцирь черепа́хи m (páncirʹ čerepáxi)
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: caparazón de tortuga m
Tagalog: kala
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: mai rùa (vi)

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