tortoiseshell
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
Types & categories
- horn hypernym
Sense 2 noun
brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
Types & categories
- nymphalid hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Nymphalis member holonym
Sense 3 noun
a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
Types & categories
- domestic cat hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | horn |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Nymphalis |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | nymphalid |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | domestic cat |