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sionnach commented on the word aspidochelone
ASPIDOCHELONE, Latin aspido testudo: the shield-turtle, the sea monster so vast that men take it for an island and disembark their boats upon its back, but when they kindle a fire it dives and they are drowned.
January 12, 2009