1) Aesop reptile 2) Fable winner 3) Fabled race winner 4) Fabled racer 5) Fabled winner 6) Hare racer 7) Hare vanquisher 8) Herbivorous reptile 9) Noted race winner 10) Race winner of fable 11) Reason for a bad hare day 12) Shelled animal 13) Slow but steady victor 14) Slow mover 15) Slow-moving Chicago band
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Tortoises (z, Testudinidae) are a family of land-dwelling turtles in the order Testudines. Contrary to popular belief, tortoises are in fact turtles rather than part of a separate group. Like most turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are con...
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• (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. • (n.) Same as Testudo, 2. • (n.) a tortoise-shell cat. • (n.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
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any member of the turtle family Testudinidae. Formerly, the term tortoise was used to refer to any terrestrial turtle. The testudinids are easily ... [5 related articles]
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1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata. ... The term is applied especially to the land and fresh water species, while the marine species are generally called turtles, but the terms tortoise and turtle are used synonymously by many writers. See Testudinata, Terrapin, and Turtle. ... 2. Same as Testudo. Bo...
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Tor'toise noun [ Middle English
tortuce , from Old French
tortis crooked, from Latin
tortus isted, crooked, contorted, past participle of
torquere ,
tortum , to wind; confer French
tortue tortoise, Late Latin
tortuca ,
tartuca , Pr.
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Tortoise is the name generally given to the land species of reptiles of the order Chelonia, the aquatic species being the terrapins and turtles. The members are characterised by a partially external skeleton forrming a bony box or shell for the animal's protection, from which project the legs and head, and which can be retracted into the shell. Non...
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n] - usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs
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noun usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
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Reptile of the order Chelonia, family Testudinidae, with the body enclosed in a hard shell. Tortoises are related to the terrapins and turtles, and range in length from 10 cm/4 in to 150 cm/5 ft. The shell consists of a curved upper carapace and flattened lower plastron joined at the sides...
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