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Ellachick :: Ellachick (n.) A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.

Stinkstone :: Stinkpot (n.) The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk..

Egg :: Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the white or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane..

Potamian :: Potamian (n.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx..

Emydea :: Emydea (n. pl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

Chelonian :: Chelonian (a.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.

Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels..

Hawkbill :: Hawkbill (n.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret..

Toise :: Toise (a.) An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet..

Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) Same as Testudo, 2..

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States..

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise..

Cooter :: Cooter (n.) A fresh-water tortoise (Pseudemus concinna) of Florida.

Testudineous :: Testudineous (a.) Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

Lammergeier :: Lammergeier (n.) A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them

Emyd :: Emyd (n.) A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidae.

Buhlwork :: Buhlwork (n.) Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc..

Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..

Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color..

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