Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A turtle or tortoise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling the carapace of a tortoise; arched; vaulted; fornicated. Also
testudinated . - Of or pertaining to the Testudinata; chelonian.
- noun One of the Testudinata or Chelonia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, like or relating to a
tortoise . - adjective Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure;
arched ;vaulted .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Testūdināta, former order name, from Testūdō, type genus, from Latin testūdō, testūdin-, tortoise; see testudo.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Latin testūdinātus ("arched, vaulted"), from testūdō ("tortoise") + -ātus.
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Examples
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The only flight of a testudinate which we remember is that downward one of the unfortunate tortoise that cracked the bald crown of
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
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The testudinate is employed where the span is not great, and where large rooms are provided in upper stories.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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There are five different styles of cavaedium, termed according to their construction as follows: Tuscan, Corinthian, tetrastyle, displuviate, and testudinate.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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