TESTUDO
\tɛstjˈuːdə͡ʊ], \tɛstjˈuːdəʊ], \t_ɛ_s_t_j_ˈuː_d_əʊ]\
Definitions of TESTUDO
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
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A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; - so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
By Oddity Software
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A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
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A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; - so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
By Noah Webster.
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The genus of land tortoises; among the Romans, a covering formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads as a protection against missiles thrown from the walls of a besieged place; a broad, soft tumour, between the skull and the skin.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In zool., the shield or covering of the tortoise family; in anc. Rome, a covering or screen for a number of soldiers during an attack, formed by their shields; in med., a broad soft tumour, called also a talpa.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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