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tortoiseshell cat
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tor·toise·shell cat
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a domestic cat with markings resembling tortoiseshell.
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Antiques: tortoiseshell. (decorative material)
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 4/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...into Europe by the ancient Romans, tortoiseshell is a hard, brittle, translucent material...enduring luster. The most adaptable tortoiseshell is taken from the carapace of the Far...silks and fans from the Orient. Tortoiseshell was veneered over oak, trimmed with...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Tortoiseshell gives cabinets fine finish ; As if the popularity of tortoiseshell artefacts were not enough to put the animal on the endangered list, the reptile's habit of laying up to 100 eggs at night on beaches around the Persian Gulf has only exacerbated an already precious situation.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 7/1/2009; 684 words
; As if the popularity of tortoiseshell artefacts were not enough to...Japanese women also preferred blond tortoiseshell for their hair. The shells are...of the Romans, who first used tortoiseshell as an inlay on furniture. By...
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Tortoiseshell cats
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/15/1996; ; 605 words
; ...female. The chance of a tortoiseshell cat being a male is less...composition that produces a tortoiseshell cat, which is actually...a male. However, these tortoiseshell male cats are most often...rural people claim that tortoiseshells are not only the best mousers...
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GENE ABNORMALITY LEADS TO MALE TORTOISESHELL CAT
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 9/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; Q: I thought tortoiseshell cats were always female. Recently...cross that was listed as a male tortoiseshell point and sired kittens. How is...Cat Fancy does not recognize male tortoiseshell cats but registers them as their...
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Imitating tortoiseshell.
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 6/1/1993; 700+ words
; ...accessories the exotic look of tortoiseshell. Like the gilding discussed in the previous process feature, tortoiseshell as a decorative element has been...New York. Needed to create a tortoiseshell effect are the following paints...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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TURTLE POWER FAUX TORTOISESHELL RULES.(Home Front)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 5/25/1997; ; 552 words
; ...items as ivory, ostrich feathers and tortoiseshell were freely used for women's accessories...the animals that produced them. When tortoiseshell was banned in , it fell out of favor...Hair bows, barrettes and bands are tortoiseshell perennials, ranging in cost from a...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Tortoiseshell gets a little help.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/26/2008; 427 words
; ...Butterfly Conservation, the small tortoiseshell has become increasingly rare across...Europe, could offer fresh hope for the tortoiseshell. Butterfly Conservation said hundreds...The conservation group said the small tortoiseshells were falling victim to a parasitic...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Butterfly threatened by an alien; Sharp decline: The small tortoiseshell.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/29/2008; 533 words
; ...conservationists fear the small tortoiseshell is being destroyed by aparasitic...about the decline of the small tortoiseshell and are desperateto find the...by collectingbatches of small tortoiseshell caterpillars.
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 "Herald Express (Torquay UK)")
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Scraps marked out as something special The arrival of Scraps the male tortoiseshell cat has stunned staff at the Blue Cross animal adoption centre in Torquay.
Newspaper article from: Herald Express (Torquay UK); 9/17/2007; 471 words
; ...The arrival of Scraps the male tortoiseshell cat has stunned staff at the...Torquay. He's very rare because tortoiseshell markings are usually only found...surgeon, said: "Although tortoiseshell markings are fairly common among...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Bo-Bo, a 2-year-old black-and-orange tortoiseshell spayed female, is available for adoption at the Tri-Boro Animal Shelter in Butler. She is loving but independent, and would do best in an adult home
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/1/2000; 324 words
; ...2-year-old black-and-orange tortoiseshell spayed female, is available for adoption...2-year-old black-and-orange tortoiseshell spayed female, is available for adoption...2-year-old black-and-orange tortoiseshell spayed female, is available for adoption...
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tortoiseshell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tortoiseshell horny, translucent, mottled plates covering the carapace of the...resolidification. Inlays can be imbedded in the shell with a hot iron. Tortoiseshell has been used in veneering since ancient times; its chief use today...
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tortoiseshell cat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tortoiseshell cat see cat .
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tortoiseshell butterfly
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
tor·toise·shell but·ter·fly • n. a butterfly (genera Aglais and Nymphalis , family Nymphalidae) with mottled orange, yellow, and black markings, and wavy wing margins.
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Mosaicism
Book article from: Genetics
...animal that exhibits mosaicism is a tortoiseshell cat, which has patches of black and...producing orange or black fur in the tortoiseshell cat. Because the single X chromosomes...inactivated, male cats do not have tortoiseshell coats. XXY male cats, however, which...
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turtle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the green turtle, the loggerhead, the hawksbill (or tortoiseshell turtle), the Kemp's ridley, and the olive ridley...however, many wild turtles are skinned for leather and tortoiseshell ornaments, or taken for food. Classification Turtles are...
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