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tortoiseshell

How many syllables in tortoiseshell?

  3 syllables

Divide tortoiseshell into syllables:   tor-toise-shell
How to pronounce tortoiseshell:   tawr-tus-shel
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What rhymes with tortoiseshell

1 syllable
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