Testudo definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TESTU'DO, n. [L.] A ... a besieged fortification 2: type genus of the Testudinidae [syn: Testudo, genus Testudo] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -dos) Etymology: Latin testudin-, testudo, literally, tortoise, tortoise shell; akin to Latin testa shell Date ... 2 a movable screen to protect besieging troops. Etymology: L testudo -dinis, lit. 'tortoise' (as TEST(2)) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Testudo Tes*tu"do, n.; pl. Testudines. [L., from testa ...
Testudo graeca definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small land tortoise of southern Europe [syn: European tortoise, Testudo graeca] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Testudo Tes*tu"do, n.; pl. Testudines. [L., from testa the ... to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Gr[ae]ca) and the gopher of the Southern United ...
Testudo Carilina definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gopher Go"pher, n ... and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile. 3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows ...
Testudo elephantina definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elephantine El`e*phan ... Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus ...
... from L. tortus, twisted.] 1. An animal of the genus Testudo, covered with a shell or crust. 2. In the military ... having a retractile head and elephantine legs. 2 Rom. Antiq. = TESTUDO. Derivatives: tortoise-like adj. & adv. Etymology: ME tortuce, OF tortue ... see Testudinata, Terrapin, and Turtle. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) Same as Testudo, 2. Box tortoise, Land tortoise, etc. See under Box, Land ...
... warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that ... warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that ...
... Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Testudo Tes*tu"do, n.; pl. Testudines. [L., from testa the ... to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Gr[ae]ca) and the gopher of the Southern United ...
... Dictionary adj. of or shaped like a tortoise. Etymology: as TESTUDO Webster's 1913 Dictionary Testudinal Tes*tu"di*nal, a. [See Testudo.] (Zo["o]l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise ...
... and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile. 3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows ...
... and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile. 3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows ...
... and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile. 3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows ...