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Shell Of Tortoise Or Turtle Crossword Clue and Answers List

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CARAPACE Shell of tortoise or turtle
HAWKBILL A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
BLADE The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
TRIONYX A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for th...
LEATHERBACK A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and som...
SCUTE Shell of turtle
TORTOISE A tortoise-shell cat.
LYRE Instrument made of turtle shell
TESTUDINEOUS Resembling the shell of a tortoise.
STINKPOT The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.
TESTUDINATED Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.
BUHLWORK Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc.
SHELL An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
TESTUDINARIOUS Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.
TURTLEHEAD An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.
POTAMIAN A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx.
CALIPEE A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy.
TESTUDO A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
CALIPASH A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.
CELLULOID ...d camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc...
CASING Shell
PISTACHIO Split-shell nut
BOMBARD Shell relentlessly
EAWIG Insect shell
ABALONE Ear shell
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