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1 Some catfish and a small tortoise were caught in the river.
2 LAST year was a great year for butterflies and I never saw more small tortoise shells coming in to hibernate.
3 Somewhere among the rocks in the pond lives a small tortoise - left in the garden, probably, by the previous tenants of the house.
4 The best examples of this are those which were observed by Poulton in the chrysalids of various butterflies, especially the small tortoise - shell .
5 "This," said he, "unlocks the small tortoise - shell cabinet yonder.
6 "You shall taste mine," said I, pulling out my box (which was a small tortoise one), and putting it into his hand.
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