Tortoise synonyms

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tortoises (related)
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turtle
(Archaic) turtledove
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spur-thighed (related)
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testudinal
Of or like a tortoise or its shell; testudinate
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gerbil (related)
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geochelone (related)
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testudo (related)
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terrapin (related)
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rabbit (related)
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cockatiel (related)
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spur-thigh (related)
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hermanns (related)
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parrot (related)
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chelonian
Any of various reptiles of the order Chelonia (or Testudines), which includes the turtles and tortoises. Chelonians lack teeth and usually have a hard shell that protects the body and consists of bony plates fused to the vertebrae and ribs. Unlike all other living reptiles, the skulls of chelonians lack temporal openings, which is characteristic of the earliest known reptiles (called anapsids). Chelonians evolved during the late Permian or Triassic Period and have changed little since.
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laggard
One who lags behind and takes more time than is necessary.
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sulcata (related)
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marginated (related)
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chinchilla (related)
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hamster (related)
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  • 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.

  • After several days without food the tortoise will become ravenous.

  • 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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