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turtle-shell

turtle-shell is the alternative form of turtleshell.

Meaning of turtleshell

Noun

turtleshell (plural turtleshells)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turtle, shell.: The shell of a turtle

See all 3 meanings of turtleshell

Forms of turtle-shell

pluralturtle-shells

Questions about turtle-shell

What is turtle-shell the alternative form of?
Turtle-shell is the alternative form of turtleshell.

Words near turtle-shell in the dictionary

  1. turtle-necks
  2. turtle-net
  3. turtle-peg
  4. turtle-pegs
  5. turtle-press
  6. turtle-shell
  7. turtle-soup
  8. turtle-soups
  9. turtle-stone
  10. turtle-stones
  11. turtle-twine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turtle-shell (page history and authors); turtleshell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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