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tor·toise (tôr'tĭs)
n.
    1. Any of various terrestrial turtles, especially one of the family Testudinidae, characteristically having thick clublike hind limbs and a high, rounded carapace.
    2. Chiefly British. A terrestrial or freshwater chelonian.
  1. One that moves slowly; a laggard.

[Alteration (influenced by PORPOISE) of Middle English tortuce, from Medieval Latin tortūca, alteration of Late Latin tartarūcha, feminine of tartarūchus, of the underworld. See turtle1.]




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