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n. Any of various terrestrial turtles, especially one of the family Testudinidae, characteristically having thick clublike hind limbs and a high, rounded carapace.

n. Chiefly British A terrestrial or freshwater chelonian.

n. One that moves slowly; a laggard.

n. Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of family Testudinidae, whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

n. Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.

n. Same as Testudo, 2.

n. An American nymphalid butterfly, Eugonia j-album: more fully called the Compton tortoise.

n. Same as tortoise-beetle.

n. A turtle; any chelonian or testudinate; a member of the order Chelonia or Testudinata (see the technical terms).

n. A movable roof formerly used to protect the soldiers who worked a battering-ram.

n. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica

""When the shell first became a matter of commerce, it was supposed that the turtle and the tortoise were the same, and the name tortoise being much older than turtle, the former appellation remained in designating the shell.""

land tortoise   

turtle   

soft-shelled    alligator-tortoise    one-dotted tortoise    wood-tortoise    greaved tortoise    painted tortoise    sculptured tortoise    five-dotted tortoise    compton tortoise    spotted tortoise   

testudo   

texas tortoise    gopher    european tortoise    desert tortoise    gopher tortoise    giant tortoise    gopherus polypemus    gopher turtle    testudo graeca    gopherus agassizii   

Fortas   

turtle    snail    crocodile    lizard    crab    mussel    frog    toad    boar    mammal