单词 | turtle-crawl |
释义 | > as lemmasturtle-crawl turtle-crawl n. (a) [crawl n.2] an enclosure in which turtles are kept; (b) [crawl n.1] ‘the track of a turtle to and from its nest’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891). ΘΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > enclosure for sponges or turtles turtle-crawl1833 turtle-kraal1885 terrapin farm1901 kraal1939 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log xxi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 748/2 The turtle crawls filled with beautiful clear water. 1903 Daily Mail 9 Sept. 5/3 A turtle crawl in Kingston, where over two hundred turtles were confined awaiting shipment,..was broken up by the force of the sea during the cyclone in Jamaica. < as lemmas |
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