Meaning of tortoise | Babel Free
ˈtɔɹ.təsDefinitions
- Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.
- turtle
- Synonym of cat (sense 11, a wheeled shelter)
- snail
Equivalents
Afrikaans
skilpad
Azərbaycanca
tısbağa
Беларуская
чарапаха
Български
костенурка
বাংলা
কাছিম
བོད་སྐད
རུས་སྦལ
Bosanski
želva
Català
tortuga
Čeština
želva
Cymraeg
crwban
Dansk
skildpadde
Ελληνικά
χελώνα
Esperanto
testudo
Eesti
kilpkonn
हिन्दी
कछुआ
Hrvatski
želva
Հայերեն
կրիա
Íslenska
skjaldbaka
ქართული
კუ
Қазақша
тасбақа
ខ្មែរ
អណ្ដើក
ಕನ್ನಡ
ಆಮೆ
Кыргызча
ташбака
Latina
testudo
ລາວ
ເຕົ່າ
Lietuvių
vėžlys
Latviešu
bruņurupucis
Македонски
желка
മലയാളം
ആമ
Монгол
яст мэлхий
मराठी
कासव
Bahasa Melayu
kura-kura
မြန်မာဘာသာ
လိပ်
Nederlands
schildpad
Română
țestoasă
Slovenčina
korytnačka
Slovenščina
želva
Soomaali
diindiin
Shqip
breshkë
Српски
želva
Kiswahili
Kobe
తెలుగు
తాబేలు
ไทย
เต่า
Tagalog
pagong
Setswana
khudu
Українська
черепаха
Oʻzbekcha
toshbaqa
Tiếng Việt
rứa
Examples
“The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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