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Meaning of shield-toad | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A turtle or tortoise.

nonstandard, rare

Examples

“But we already know that a shield-toad is a Frenchman, while the sun is Apollo's shield.”
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:shield-toad.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Shieldaig shieldback shieldbill shieldbug Shielded shielded cable

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