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Definition of Turtle

1. Noun. A sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar.

2. Verb. Overturn accidentally. "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

3. Noun. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming.

4. Verb. Hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation.

Definition of Turtle

1. n. The turtledove.

2. n. Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.

Definition of Turtle

1. to catch turtles (tortoises) [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Medical Definition of Turtle

1. The turtledove. Origin: AS. Turtle, L. Turtur; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Turtle the sea tortoise. 1. Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian. In the United States the land and fresh water tortoises are also called turtles. 2. The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. Alligator turtle, Box turtle, etc. See Alligator, Box, etc. Green turtle, a large, handsome cowrie (Cypraea testudinaria); the turtle-shell; so called because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in colour and form. Turtle grass, a marine plant (Thalassia testudinum) with grasslike leaves, common about the West Indies. Turtle shell, tortoise shell. See Tortoise. Origin: Probably the same word as the word preceding, and substituted (probably by sailors) for the Spanish or Portuguese name; cf. Sp. Tortuga tortoise, turtle, Pg. Tartaruga, also F. Tortue, and E. Tortoise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turtle

turreted turreted turrets turret clock turrical turricephaly turrilite turritella turritelloid Turritis

Turritis glabra Tursiops Tursiops gilli Tursiops truncatus turtle (current term) turtle (current term) turtleback turtlebacks turtled turtledove

turtledove turtledoves turtlehead turtlehead turtleheads turtleneck turtlenecked turtlenecks turtleneck collar turtler

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