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Thrill so to see fluttery butterfly? (13)

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I believe the answer is:

tortoiseshell

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'butterfly?' is the definition.
(tortoiseshell butterfly is a kind of butterfly)

'thrill so to see fluttery' is the wordplay.
'thrill so to see' can be anagrammed to 'TORTOISESHELL'.
Though, I am not sure how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for tortoiseshell that I've seen before include "Butterfly - cat" , "Mottled plated ornamental substance" , "Domestic cat mottled in brownish-yellow and black" , "Ornamental material" , "Domestic cat - or little shoes (anag)" .)

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