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Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) Same as Testudo, 2..

Elodian :: Elodian (n.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn..

Terrapin :: Terrapin (n.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.

Testudineous :: Testudineous (a.) Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

Testudinal :: Testudinal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise..

Ellachick :: Ellachick (n.) A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels..

Chelonia :: Chelonia (n. pl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix..

Testudinata :: Testudinata (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates..

Turpin :: Turpin (n.) A land tortoise.

Testudinarious :: Testudinarious (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.

Gopher :: Gopher (n.) A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows..

Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color..

Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) 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..

Emydea :: Emydea (n. pl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

Buhlwork :: Buhlwork (n.) Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc..

Cooter :: Cooter (n.) The box tortoise.

Cooter :: Cooter (n.) A fresh-water tortoise (Pseudemus concinna) of Florida.

Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..

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