Defn: having a color like that aof a toroise's shell, black with white and orange spots; — used mostly to describe cats of that color. n.
Defn: a tortoise-shell cat.
TORTRICID
Tor"tri*cid, a. Etym: [See Tortrix.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to Tortix, or the family Tortricidæ.
TORTRIX
Tor"trix, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidæ, the larvæ of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; — also called leaf roller.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalæ) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.
TORTULOUS
Tor"tu*lous, a. (Nat. Hist.)