What is the meaning of TORTOISE. Phrases containing TORTOISE
See meanings and uses of TORTOISE!Slangs & AI meanings
Noun. See 'have a tortoise'.
Vrb phrs. See 'have a turtle's head'.
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
Giro
Stand one's corner is British slang for to pay one's fair share.
Dinner
Go away and leave me alone.
Rathole is slang for a disgusting, squalid place.
LSD
Fountain operator
n. More than just a hoochie. A hoochie of hoochies. Someone who excels in all the qualities of hoochidom. "Yo . . . you ain't nothin but a hoochie mama!"Â
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.
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Any sea tortoise.
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Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.
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Resembling the shell of a tortoise.
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Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.
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A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.
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having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color.
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The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
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A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.
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Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.
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a tortoise-shell cat.
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A land tortoise.
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One who catches turtles or tortoises.
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Same as Testudo, 2.
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A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
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The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.
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An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.
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An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
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Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
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A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
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