Tortoise Synonyms

tôrtĭs
A turtle, esp. one that lives on land, as any of a worldwide family (Testudinidae)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. turtle
  2. chelonian
  3. laggard
  4. terrapin
  5. testudinal
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. chelonian
  2. testudinal
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Words Related to Tortoise

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sulcata
  2. hamster
  3. marginated
  4. chinchilla
  5. rabbit
  6. spur-thighed
  7. gerbil
  8. geochelone
  9. tortoises
  10. testudo
  11. cockatiel
  12. spur-thigh
  13. hermanns
  14. cat

Tortoise Sentence Examples

  • If the tortoise has a start of 1000 ft.

  • It is often depicted with a flowing tail, which appendix attests close observation of nature; for the mino-game, as it is called, represents a tortoise to which, in the course of many scores of years, confcrvae have attached themselves so as to form an appendage of long green locks as the creature swims about.

  • Zeno's paradoxes, notably, for example, the puzzle of Achilles and the Tortoise, are still capable of amusing the modern world.

  • You'll also find a gold tinted lens with a speckled tortoise frame.

  • They are chiefly noted as the habitat of the gigantic land tortoise (Testudo elephantina), now carefully preserved, and of several rare and peculiar birds, including a rail (Dryolimnas aldabranus), an ibis (Ibis abbottii) and a dove (Alectroenas sganzini).

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