Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word TURTLE
TURTLE
Definitions of TURTLE
- (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, British, 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.
- (comptheory) 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.
- (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.
- (nowrare, archaic) A turtle dove.
- A river in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A extinct town in Dent County, Missouri, USA.
- A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, USA.
- A surname, thought to be derived from the turtle dove.
- A member of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, a drinking club.
Number of letters
6
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using TURTLE in a Sentence
- It follows Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers trained in ninjutsu who fight evil in New York City.
- The red-eared slider or red-eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae.
- He is a tall, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora.
- The god hid behind a tree and watched her, and later on, he disguised himself as a turtle in order for him to get closer to her.
- To do so he called forth a giant turtle, called Tolba, from the primordial waters, crafting the land on top of Tolba’s shell and the clouds above that.
- All six species of Australian marine turtle live in the area of ocean which is included in the park—green sea turtles, hawksbill sea turtles, flatback sea turtles, leatherback sea turtles, and olive ridley sea turtles.
- Popular recreational activities in the park includes bird, whale and turtle watching as well as camping, walking, swimming, boating, snorkelling and diving.
- The continental island has a mountainous interior providing diverse refuges for endemic and Endangered Species, such as dugong and green turtle.
- Because rescue was uncertain, the survivors engraved their names on the concave side of a large turtle shell, which is displayed in the South Australian Museum, on North Terrace in Adelaide.
- While the particular language from which the name originates is not documented, likely candidates are Anishinaabemowin, whose word for "snapping turtle" is mikinaak, and its close sister language Potawatomi, in which the same animal is called mkenak.
- Approximately 1,500 people vacation in Hill City for the 4th of July Parade and later events which include street races, egg tosses, pie-eating contests, turtle races, a sawdust pile for the kids, multiple hot dog and beer carts, a street dance, and fireworks.
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