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▸ noun: (zoology, Australia, British, specifically) A marine reptile of that order.
▸ noun: (military, historical) 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.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
▸ noun: (printing, historical) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
▸ noun: (computing theory) A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
▸ noun: (dance) A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".
▸ noun: (television) A low stand for a lamp etc.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move along slowly.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To turn and swim upside down.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
▸ verb: (video games, board games) To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
▸ noun: (now rare, archaic) A turtle dove.
▸ noun: A river in Saskatchewan, Canada.
▸ noun: An extinct town in Dent County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun: A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
▸ noun: A surname, thought to be derived from the turtle dove.
▸ noun: A member of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, a drinking club.
Similar:
tortle,
tortoise,
turkle,
tort,
testudinid,
testudine,
testudian,
turt,
testudinoid,
soft tortoise,
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Types:
leatherback,
loggerhead,
green seturtle,
hawksbill,
red-eared slider,
box turtle,
painted turtle,
snapping turtle,
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