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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tortoise",
"3": "shell"
},
"expansion": "tortoise + shell",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "tortoise + shell.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "tortoiseshell (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle."
],
"links": [
[
"markings",
"markings"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɔː(ɹ)tə.ˌʃɛl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɔː(ɹ)təs.ˌʃɛl/"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "made of covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "želvovinový"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made of covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aus Schildpatt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made of covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle",
"word": "szylkretowy"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "de carey"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "made of covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle",
"word": "kaplumbağa kabuğu"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"tortoiseshell"
],
"word": "tortoiseshell"
}
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