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n. Any of various aquatic or terrestrial reptiles of the order Testudines (or Chelonia), having horny toothless jaws and a bony or leathery shell into which the head, limbs, and tail can be withdrawn in most species.

n. Chiefly British A sea turtle.

verb-intransitive. To hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation.

verb-intransitive. Nautical To capsize.

n. Archaic A turtledove.

n. A turtleneck.

n. Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body.

n. A sea turtle.

n. An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.

n. A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.

n. An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.

n. The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

v. To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.

v. To turn and swim upside down.

v. To hunt turtles, especially in the water.

v. To build up a large defense force and strike only punctually, rather than going for an offensive strategy.

n. A turtle dove.

n. The turtledove.

n. Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.

n. The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

n. A turtle-dove.

n. A tortoise; any chelonian or testudinate; any member of the Chelonia or Testudinata (see the technical names); especially, a marine tortoise, provided with flippers; absolutely, the green turtle, as Chelonia midas (see cut below), highly esteemed for soup. See cuts referred to under tortoise, also cuts under Aspidonectes, Eretmochelys, periotic, Pleurospondylia, slider, and stinkpot.

n. The detachable segment of the cylinder of a rotary printing-machine which contains the types or plates to be printed: so called from its curved surface.

n. (See also alligator-turtle, land turtle, mud-turtle, sea-turtle, snapping-turtle.)

To pursue or capture turtles; make a practice or business of taking turtles.

v. hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation

n. any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

n. a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar

v. overturn accidentally

"When I entered "Shark, dolphin, sea turtle" yesterday it returned a bogus phylogeny: [sea turtle+[shark+dolphin]]."

box turtle   

turtled    turtles    turtling   

track down    hunt    run    hunt down    sweater    T-shirt    jersey    tee shirt    jumper    tump over   

leathery turtle    loggerhead turtle    bastard turtle    green turtle    greenland turtle    box turtle    painted turtle    diamond-backed turtle    hawk's-bill turtle    mock turtle   

Myrtle    fertile    hurtle    infertile    mirtle    myrtle   

crab    tortoise    frog    lizard    lobster    oyster    alligator    duck    deer    snail