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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tor•toise /ˈtɔrtəs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Reptilesa turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle.
- a very slow person or thing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tor•toise (tôr′təs),USA pronunciation n. - a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle.
- a very slow person or thing.
- testudo (def. 1).
- Greek tartaroûcha), the tortoise being regarded as an infernal animal; Medieval Latin form influenced by Latin tortus crooked, twisted (see tort)
- Medieval Latin tortūca, for Late Latin tartarūcha (feminine adjective, adjectival) of Tartarus (
- variant of earlier (15th-century) tortuse, tortose, tortuce, Middle English tortuca 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tortoise /ˈtɔːtəs/ n - any herbivorous terrestrial chelonian reptile of the family Testudinidae, of most warm regions, having a heavy dome-shaped shell and clawed limbs
- a slow-moving person
- another word for testudo
Etymology: 15th Century: probably from Old French tortue (influenced by Latin tortus twisted), from Medieval Latin tortūca, from Late Latin tartarūcha coming from Tartarus, from Greek tartaroukhos; referring to the belief that the tortoise originated in the underworld |