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tortoiseshell  (tortoiseshells plural )
1  n-uncount Tortoiseshell is the hard shell of a kind of sea turtle. It is brown and yellow in colour and is often polished and used to make jewellery and ornaments. 
2  adj Tortoiseshell means made of tortoiseshell or made of a material which resembles tortoiseshell. 
usu ADJ n 
He wears huge spectacles with thick tortoiseshell frames.