Tortoise-shell
Full definition of tortoise-shell
Noun
tortoise-shell
(plural tortoise-shells)- Alternative form of tortoiseshell
Adjective
tortoise-shell
- Alternative form of tortoiseshell
- 1891, w, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The same nervous staccato laugh broke from her thin lips, and her fingers began to play with a long tortoise-shell paper-knife.