testudinarious
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell
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testudinal
(ɛˈstud n l, -ˈstyud-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pertaining to or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell.
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hawksbill turtle
(ˈhɔksˌbɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell. Also called hawksbill.
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trionyx
Webster Dictionary
a genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle
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horn
(ɔrn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any similar substance, as that forming tortoise shell, hoofs, nails, or corns.
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horn-rims
(ˈhɔrnˌpaɪp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
eyeglasses with frames made of horn, tortoise shell, or plastic of a similar design.
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horn-rimmed
(horn-rimmed)
Princeton's WordNet
having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either
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blade
Webster Dictionary
the four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell
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box turtle
(ˈbɒksˌθɔrn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any chiefly terrestrial North American turtle of the genus Terrapene, having a hinged shell that can be tightly shut. Also called box tortoise.
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tortoise
Webster Dictionary
a tortoise-shell cat
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testudineous
Webster Dictionary
resembling the shell of a tortoise
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testudinated
Webster Dictionary
resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted
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hawkbill
Webster Dictionary
a sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret
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carapace
Webster Dictionary
the thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals
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potamian
Webster Dictionary
a river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx
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shell
Webster Dictionary
an instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell
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tortoise
Webster Dictionary
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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buhlwork
Webster Dictionary
decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc
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testudo
Webster Dictionary
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
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shell
Webster Dictionary
to strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters
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celluloid
Webster Dictionary
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
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leatherback
Webster Dictionary
a large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc
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testudinata
Webster Dictionary
an order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates
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mantle
(ˈmæn tl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an outgrowth of the body wall in mollusks and brachiopods that lines the inner surface of the shell valves and secretes a shell-forming substance.
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abalone
(ˌæb əˈloʊ ni)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any gastropod mollusk of the family Haliotidae, having a flat, oval shell: the flesh is used for food and the shell as a source of mother-of-pearl.
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bomb
Webster Dictionary
a shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell
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sankha
Webster Dictionary
a chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell
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testudinate
(ɛˈstud n ɪt, -ˌeɪt, -ˈstyud-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
formed like the carapace of a tortoise; arched.
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scallop
(scallop, scollop, escallop)
Princeton's WordNet
edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
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scollop
(scallop, scollop, escallop)
Princeton's WordNet
edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
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