big cat vs tortoiseshell

big cat

noun
  • Any large feline animal, especially one of the Panthera genus, including tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, cat. 

tortoiseshell

noun
  • A domestic cat (or a rabbit, guinea-pig, etc.) whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings. 

  • The hawksbill turtle. 

  • The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc. 

  • Any of several butterflies, mostly of the genera Nymphalis and Aglais that have similar markings. 

adj
  • Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. 

  • Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. 

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