tortoiseshell
— Noun
– English
～ the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
tortoiseshell
— Noun
– English
～ a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
tortoiseshell
— Noun
– English
～ brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
tortoiseshell-cat
— Noun
– English
～ a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
tortricid
— Noun
– English
～ any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls
tortricid moth
— Noun
– English
～ any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls
Tortricidae
— Noun
– English
～ leaf rollers and codling moths
tortrix
— Noun
– English
～ small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
tortrix
— Noun
– English
～ California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges
tea tortrix
— Noun
– English
～ small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
tortuosity
— Noun
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～ a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
tortuous
— Adjective
– English
～ not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"
tortuous
— Adjective
– English
～ highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
tortuous
— Adjective
– English
～ marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
tortuously
— Adverb
– English
～ in a tortuous manner; "tortuously haggling over the price"
tortuously
— Adverb
– English
～ with twists and turns