Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling the carapace of a tortoise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling the shell of a tortoise.
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- adjective Characteristic of a
tortoise , or theshell of a tortoise - adjective As
slow as a tortoise
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Examples
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-- I don't think there is one of our boarders quite so testudineous as I am.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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-- I don't think there is one of our boarders quite so testudineous as I am.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
mariacristina commented on the word testudineous
a. resembling the shell of a tortoise.
March 3, 2008
she commented on the word testudineous
Or, as slow as a tortoise.
July 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word testudineous
Reminds me of Testudo aubreii. :)
October 7, 2009