different between butterflies vs tortoiseshell

butterflies

English

Noun

butterflies

  1. plural of butterfly

Noun

butterflies pl (plural only)

  1. (by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach

Derived terms

  • butterflies in one's stomach

Verb

butterflies

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butterfly

Anagrams

  • filter tubes, flutterbies

butterflies From the web:

  • what butterflies eat
  • what butterflies are poisonous
  • what butterflies migrate
  • what butterflies mean
  • what butterflies are migrating right now
  • what butterflies symbolize
  • what butterflies look like monarchs
  • what butterflies do


tortoiseshell

English

Etymology

tortoise +? shell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t??(?)t?.???l/
  • IPA(key): /?t??(?)t?s.???l/

Noun

tortoiseshell (usually uncountable, plural tortoiseshells)

  1. The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.
  2. The hawksbill turtle.
  3. A domestic cat (or a rabbit, guinea-pig, etc.) whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings.
  4. Any of several butterflies, mostly of the genera Nymphalis and Aglais that have similar markings.

Synonyms

  • (cat etc.): tort (colloquial), tortie (colloquial)

Translations

Adjective

tortoiseshell (not comparable)

  1. Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle.
  2. Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle.

Derived terms

  • tortoiseshell cat

Translations

tortoiseshell From the web:

  • what tortoiseshell cats are male
  • what tortoiseshell means
  • what is tortoiseshell cat
  • what do tortoiseshell cats look like
  • what do tortoiseshell butterflies eat
  • what are tortoiseshell cats like
  • what is tortoiseshell made of
  • what does tortoiseshell mean
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like