testudo

IPA: tɛstˈudoʊ

noun

  • (Ancient Rome, military, historical) A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
  • A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc.
  • (anatomy) The fornix.
  • (music) A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
  • (pathology) An encysted tumour.
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Examples of "testudo" in Sentences

  • Finally, the derivation of the word testudo itself comes from the Latin word for a protective shelter used for Roman soldiers heads, similar to a tortoise shell.
  • Interestingly, the word testudo also comes from the Latin word for a protective shelter used for Roman soldiers heads, similar to a tortoise shell, so that could be the answer as well.

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