tortoiseshell cat
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | Date: 2008
tor·toise·shell cat
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n.
a domestic cat with markings resembling tortoiseshell.
© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008.
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Pet of the week: Buttons.(Features)
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 12/8/2002; 157 words
; BUTTONS is a three-year-old tortoise shell cat who lives with her owner Laura Plenderleith, 16, in East Kilbride. How did you get her? Her mum was a wee stray, so we took two from her litter. Buttons has a sister called Amber who also lives with us. What does she eat? She'll eat for Scotland, any
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Mum's fears for her young son's moggie.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 7/2/2008; 182 words
; A MOTHER fears her five-year-old son's pet may have been catnapped after it disappeared without a trace. The three-year-old tortoise shell cat went missing on June 17 and has not been seen since despite a desperate search. Appeals through posters and fliers through doors have so far not led to a
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PINGPONG BALLS CAN HELP ENTERTAIN CATS ON THE ROAD
Roanoke Times & World News; 3/6/2005; Jill Bowen mjbowen@radford.edu; 608 words
; Q: My husband and I are planning to do some traveling in a newly purchased small motor home and will take our 7-year-old female indoor- only tortoise shell cat. She did pretty well on two long weekend "shakedown cruises." As we anticipate a cross-country trip in the future - at least 6-weeks long -
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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A TALE OF TWO KITTIES; PET FOOD RECALL HAS ONE HAPPY ENDING, ONE SAD; CNY FAMILIES AMONG THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY TAINTED PET MEALS.(News)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 5/14/2007; 787 words
; Byline: Marnie Eisenstadt Staff writer Samantha is a one-person cat, and Amy Burns is her person. The green-eyed tortoise shell cat doesn't come out for anyone else, but when Burns is around, Samantha settles into her lap and listens to the tales of her day. That's how it's been for 17 years. But
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Who shot my cat with an air rifle?
Gloucestershire Echo, The; 5/26/2007; 355 words
; Jessie the cat is lucky to be alive after a pellet flew through her body and shattered her leg. Sarah Westgate, 42, of Cambridge Square, Alderton left the one- year-old tortoise-shell cat at 10am on Monday to go to the shops. An hour later she received a call from the vet to say Jessie had been
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