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Definition of Turtle

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

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

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

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

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. Noun. A land or marine reptile having a protective shell (made up of a carapace and a plastron) enclosing its body. ¹

2. Noun. (Australia British) A sea turtle. ¹

3. Noun. (military) An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above. ¹

4. Noun. (computing) A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program. ¹

5. Noun. (computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing. ¹

6. Noun. (printing historical) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. ¹

7. Verb. To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down. ¹

8. Verb. To turn and swim upside down. ¹

9. Verb. To hunt turtles, especially in the water. ¹

10. Verb. (video games) To build up a large defense force and strike only punctually, rather than going for an offensive strategy. ¹

11. Noun. (archaic) A turtle dove. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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

turrets turribant turribants turrible turribrachycephaly turrical turricephaly turrilite turrilites turritellas

turritelloid turron turrons turs turtle (current term) turtle-back turtle-dove turtle-doves turtle-neck turtle-necks

turtle-peg turtle bean turtle dove turtle doves turtle excluder device turtle excluder devices turtle graphics turtle hull turtle hulls

Literary usage of Turtle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"THE VOICE OF THE turtle. BJK The boys are telling a good story of 2 ... Now Eiph was superstitious and had never heard of any one's eating a turtle. ..."

2. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"THE turtle AND FLAMINGO A LIVELY young turtle lived down by the banks Of a ... Spake the turtle, in tones like a delicate wheeze: "To the water I've oft ..."

3. Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler (1921)
"THE IGUANA AND THE turtle.1 Once upon a time there lived two good friends, ... One day the turtle invited the iguana to go catch fish in a certain pond that ..."

4. Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee by George Amos Dorsey (1904)
"The turtle said: "You cannot run fast ; I do not want you." The turtle went on, ... I am going where there are many people," said the turtle. ..."

5. Indian Biography: Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals who Have by Benjamin Bussey Thatcher (1845)
"1 to 17'J5— The turtle defeated by General Wayne — He becomes unpopular after the ... That individual was the LITTLE turtle, a personage of both talent and ..."

6. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1909)
"the turtle and ... and the turtle-dove, who had been united in life by the ties of a purely spiritual love. The poem may be a mere play of fancy without ..."

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