[べっこう, bekkou] (n) (1) (See 玳瑁) tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; (2) (See 鼈) (in Chinese medicine) tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle) [Add to Longdo]
[べっこうざいく, bekkouzaiku] (n) article of tortoise shell; tortoiseshell work [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
tortoise-shell \tortoise-shell\, adj.
Having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with
white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of
that color. n. a tortoise-shell cat.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tortoiseshell
n 1: the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
2: brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles [syn:
{tortoiseshell}, {tortoiseshell butterfly}]
3: a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
[syn: {tortoiseshell}, {tortoiseshell-cat}, {calico cat}]
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