Turtle-shell
51turtle — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. terrapin, tortoise, chelonian, testudinate; see reptile . Types of turtles include: land, sea, river, sand, mud, painted, musk, ridley, snapping, snapper*, rain, loggerhead, box, softshell, leatherback, green, hawksbill,… …
52turtle — tur·tle || tÉœrtl / tÉœË n. reptile with a hard shell around the trunk of the body (living in freshwater, saltwater, or on land); turtle flesh; (Nautical) pocket in a spinnaker (large triangular sail) …
53turtle — I tur•tle [[t]ˈtɜr tl[/t]] n. pl. tles, (esp. collectively) tle, 1) ram any reptile of the worldwide order Testudines, comprising aquatic and terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral… …
54shell turtle — noun : hawksbill turtle …
55turtle barnacle — noun : a barnacle living on the shell of a marine turtle …
56shell flower — Turtlehead Tur tle*head , n. (Bot.) An American perennial herb ({Chelone glabra}) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also {snakehead}, {shell flower}, and {balmony}. [1913 Webster] …
57shell, come out of one's - — It s hard for a depressed turtle to get out of his shell …
58turtle — [ˈtɜːt(ə)l] noun [C] British an animal with a shell and four short legs that lives mainly in water See: tortoise …
59turtle cowrie — noun : a large cowrie (Cypraea testudinaria) in coloration resembling the shell of a tortoise …
60Four-eyed Turtle — Taxobox name = Four eyed Turtle status = EN status system = iucn2.3 trend = Continuing decline in a number of locations or subpopulations image width = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines subordo =… …
