Saturday 16 November 2013

Tortoiseshell



TURTOISESHELL

-noun
1. a horny translucent yellow-and-brown mottled substance obtained from the outer layer of the shell of the hawksbill turtle: used for making ornaments, jewellery, etc.
2. a similar synthetic substance, especially plastic or celluloid, now more widely used than the natural product
3. a breed of domestic cat, usually female, having black, cream, and brownish markings
4. any of several nymphalid butterflies of the genus Nymphalis, and related genera, having orange-brown wings with black markings
5. a yellowish-brown mottled colour



















Feral
You can’t
Approach her
What you know
Is what she displays
Her sex as turtoiseshell
 

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