turtle
IPA: tˈɝtʌɫ
noun
- (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.
verb
- (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
- The hippo swam to the turtle.
- Turtles are sluggish and lazy.
- The turtle ran to the elephant.
- Drag the turtle inside the area.
- It is the home of the Cana Turtle.
- Banned Turtles Sicken 248 with Salmonella.
- The Indian flapshell turtle are omnivorous.
- The Turtle Ship was the first ironclad in the world.
- The upper shell of the turtle is called the carapace.
- Turtle soup is soup or stews made from the flesh of the turtle.
- 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.