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genus of the Testudinidae

A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.

A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; - so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.

A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.

A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; - so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.

n. [Latin] The tortoise ;-among the ancient Romans, a cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other.