turtle

IPA: tˈɝtʌɫ

(zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
(zoology, Australia, Britain, specifically) A marine reptile of that order.
(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.
(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.
(computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
(printing, historical) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
(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.
(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".
(television) A low stand for a lamp etc.
(now rare, archaic) A turtle dove.
A river in Saskatchewan, Canada.
An extinct town in Dent County, Missouri, United States.
A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
A surname, thought to be derived from the turtle dove.
A member of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, a drinking club.

(intransitive) To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
(intransitive) To move along slowly.
(intransitive) To turn and swim upside down.
(intransitive) To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
(video games, board games) To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.

Examples of "turtle" in Sentences

If you think an awkward turtle is an uncomfortable reptile, then you're probably not very obama.
When I entered "Shark, dolphin, sea turtle" yesterday it returned a bogus phylogeny: [sea turtle+[shark+dolphin]].
The legendary giant snapping turtle is getting its own festival this week, in Churubusco, Indiana, for its 60th anniversary.
Well if someones grandma either naturally or artificially mated with the turtle from the never ending story = McConnell would probably be the result.
Warned by the first slight rains, which they call turtle-rains (peje canepori* (* In the Tamanac language, from peje, a tortoise, and canepo, rain.)), they hasten to the banks of the
The name is a compound of the word _Misril_, signifying great, and _Mackinac_ the Indian word for turtle, from a fancied resemblance of the island to a _great turtle_ lying upon the water.
And they loved that he did not pretty them up, or dumb them down: he wrote in their language, in which a turtle is a turkle, a loose girl is a chippy, and the glowing mist in the trees on the ridge is the willow-wisp, come to spirit them away.
Warned by the first slight rains, which they call turtle-rains (peje canepori*), they hasten to the banks of the Orinoco, and kill the turtles with poisoned arrows, whilst, with upraised heads and paws extended, the animals are warming themselves in the sun.