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tortoise shells

tortoise shells is the plural of tortoise shell.

Meaning of tortoise shell

Noun

tortoise shell (plural tortoise shells)

  1. The shell of a tortoise, sometimes inaccurately the shell of a turtle, or that material.

Questions about tortoise shells

What is tortoise shells the plural of?
Tortoise shells is the plural of tortoise shell.

Words near tortoise shells in the dictionary

  1. tortoise cores
  2. Tortoise Islands
  3. tortoise shell
  4. tortoise shell bracket
  5. tortoise shell brackets
  6. tortoise shells
  7. tortoise-like
  8. tortoise-shell
  9. tortoise-shell bamboo
  10. tortoise-shell bamboos
  11. tortoise-shells

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