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Plastron :: Plastron (n.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.

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

Turtler :: Turtler (n.) One who catches turtles or tortoises.

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

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

Trionyx :: Trionyx (n.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle..

Snail :: Snail (n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo..

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..

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..

Matamata :: Matamata (n.) The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.

Shell :: Shell (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell..

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

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.

Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..

Leatherback :: Leatherback (n.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc..

Chelonian :: Chelonian (a.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.

Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.

Carapace :: Carapace (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals..

Lammergeier :: Lammergeier (n.) A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them

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

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