TORTOISE
\tˈɔːtəs], \tˈɔːtəs], \t_ˈɔː_t_ə_s]\
Definitions of TORTOISE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon 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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Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
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Same as Testudo, 2.
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having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; - used mostly to describe cats of that color.
By Oddity Software
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Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
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Same as Testudo, 2.
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having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; - used mostly to describe cats of that color.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A reptile from which the head, neck, tail, and limbs protrude, so called either from its crooked feet or winding motion.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An animal, properly of the land, of the order chelonia, covered with a shell, from under which the head, the tail and the limbs protrude, so called from the twisted appearance of these last; a defence formed by bucklers held over the heads of the soldiers. See Testudo.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A reptile more or less flattened, covered with a very hard shell or case, into which it can draw its head and feet at will.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French, Latin] A reptile inclosed in a case formed by two leathery or scaly shields, and having horny jaws in the place of teeth;-in ancient warfare, a position of defence assumed by the soldiers, each man stooping and raising his buckler over his head, so as to form a covering over the whole line like a tortoise shell.
