tortoise
Origin of tortoise
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The team identified genes possibly involved in the tuatara’s biological quirks including their long lives, which are the longest of any other reptiles besides tortoises.
How tuatara live so long and can withstand cool weather | Jake Buehler | August 5, 2020 | Science NewsAt this point, you just needed to determine when the tortoise had finished 20 percent of the race.
Last week, the tortoise and the hare were about to begin a 10-mile race along a “stretch” of road.
To better understand this, let’s take a closer look at the tortoise over time.
Once this sum exceeded 10, the tortoise was guaranteed to have finished the race.
tortoise disqualified for technical reasons, first place awarded to Sputnik hare.
Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space? | P. J. O’Rourke | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe same look of an unruly child behind his tortoise-shell glasses.
Bernard-Henri Lévy on Ali Zeidan: Our Friend in Libya | Bernard-Henri Lévy | February 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“That was bizarre,” he said, his brown eyes getting wide behind his tortoise-shell glasses.
Jeff Goldblum on Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Seminar,’ Celebrity Death Hoaxes & More | Lorenza Muñoz | November 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHis art collection includes a live tortoise covered in gems and a "flavor organ" on which he can play gustatory fugues.
The tortoise Hollande, early on in his bid to become the Socialist nominee, had only two reporters on his beat.
Against All Odds, Can Sarkozy Pull Out an Election Win vs. Hollande? | Tracy McNicoll | May 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe legs and arms were carved or made of costly woods, or inlaid or plated with tortoise-shell or the precious metals.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonAs he glanced through the window he saw an Englishman in the shop holding a tortoise, which he was turning about in his hands.
The Animal Story Book | VariousThe sheath itself was hardly less remarkable, made of a single piece of tortoise shell, studded with golden bees.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah ReedThe tortoise is found sculptured on some of the ruins at Uxmal; it was also stamped upon the coins of Grecian Thebes and gina.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe BancroftIf you've spectacles, don't have a tortoise-shell rim, And don't go near the water—unless you can swim.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
British Dictionary definitions for tortoise
/ (ˈtɔːtəs) /
any herbivorous terrestrial chelonian reptile of the family Testudinidae, of most warm regions, having a heavy dome-shaped shell and clawed limbs: Related adjectives: chelonian, testudinal
water tortoise another name for terrapin
a slow-moving person
another word for testudo See also giant tortoise
Origin of tortoise
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