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Names For Tortoiseshell Cats
- Calico
- - Another name for the tortoiseshell coat pattern
- Alternative spellings: Kalico, Kallico - Checkers
- Pattern of squares or crossing lines
- Chroma
- Greek for 'colour'
- Cocktail
- Mixed alcoholic drink, meaning mixture
- Confetti
- Bits of coloured paper thrown at parties
- Dapple
- Meaning mark with patches of colour or shade
- Farrago
- From the Latin for 'mixture'
- Graffiti
- Words or drawings scribbled on a wall
- Iris
- Goddess of the rainbow in Greek mythology, Meaning rainbow
- Isa
- Meaning rainbow
- Jaffa
- - Chocolate ball covered in orange candy
- Alternative spelling: Jaffah - Jigsaw
- Puzzle made from a picture cut into squares
- Marble
- Type of limestone with swirling colours
- Medley
- Assortment
- Melange
- French for 'mixture'
- Mish Mash
- Meaning mixture
- Misto
- Italian for 'mixture'
- Neopolitan
- Ice cream consisting of three colours and flavours
- Patch
- Piece put on when mending, distinct area
- Patches
- Pieces put on when mending, distinct area
- Pinto
- Marked with spots of two or more colours, mottled
- Rainbow
- Arch of colours formed in rain or spray by the suns rays
- Splash
- - Decorate with irregular patches of colour
- Cause liquid to fly about in drops - Splotchie
- Blotched markings
- Tai
- Brilliantly coloured edible fish
- Tessera
- A small cube or square used in mosaic work
- Tiger Lily
- - Orange lily with dark spots
- Alternative spelling: Tiger Lillie - Tortie
- - Short way of writing Tortoiseshell
- Alternative spelling: Torty - Trinity
- Group of three
- Tufti
- Covered in patches of fur
- Tutti-Fruitee
- Meaning mixture
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