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  2. Tortoiseshell - Wikipedia

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    A tortoiseshell ornament from Micronesia Cabinet with tortoiseshell veneers French singing bird box with a case made out of tortoiseshell.. Tortoiseshell or tortoise shell is a material produced from the shells of the larger species of tortoise and turtle, mainly the hawksbill sea turtle, which is a critically endangered species according to the IUCN Red List largely because of its ...

  3. Small tortoiseshell - Wikipedia

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    A bright foxy red ground-colour; the forewing with 3 black costal spots, whose interspaces are yellow, there being a larger black spot in the middle of the hindmarginal area and two smaller ones in the disc between the 3 radial and 2 median; hindwing with the basal half black; both wings with black submarginal band bearing blue spots.

  4. Large tortoiseshell - Wikipedia

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    Nymphalis polychloros has a wingspan of 68–72 millimetres (2.7–2.8 in) in males, of 72–75 millimetres (2.8–3.0 in) in females. [5] These medium to large butterflies have orange to red wings with black and yellow patches.

  5. Testudinalia testudinalis - Wikipedia

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    Testudinalia testudinalis, common name the common tortoise limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. [1] It is commonly known as the plant limpet or tortoiseshell limpet. [2]

  6. Cultural depictions of turtles - Wikipedia

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    The tortoise is a favored motif by netsuke-carvers and other artisans, and is featured in traditional Japanese wedding ceremonies. [2] There is also a well-known artistic pattern based on the nearly hexagonal shape of a tortoise's shell. These patterns are usually composed of symmetrical hexagons, sometimes with smaller hexagons within them. [40]

  7. Tortoiseshell (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Tortoiseshell is a material produced from the shells of species of tortoise and turtle, mainly the hawksbill sea turtle. Tortoiseshell or tortoise shell may also refer to: Turtle shell, the shell of a turtle or tortoise; Tortoiseshell cat, a cat coat coloring; Tortoiseshell butterflies, brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae) in the genera ...

  8. Carapace - Wikipedia

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    A Greek tortoise shell opened to show the skeleton from below Main article: Turtle shell The carapace is the dorsal (back) convex part of the shell structure of a turtle , consisting primarily of the animal's rib cage, dermal armor, and scutes .

  9. Cel shading - Wikipedia

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    Cel shaded graphics are usually simple in visual information, which can be useful in some applications. In the case of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker , developer Satoru Takizawa states that using this style allowed to "represent the mechanisms and objects for puzzles [in The Wind Waker ] in a more easy-to-understand way."