'Turtle' definitions:
Definition of 'turtle'
From: WordNet
noun
A sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar [syn: turtleneck, turtle, polo-neck]
noun
Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
verb
Overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" [syn: capsize, turtle, turn turtle]
verb
Hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
Definition of 'Turtle'
From: GCIDE
- Turtle \Tur"tle\ (t[^u]r"t'l), n. [AS. turtle, L. turtur; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Turtle the sea tortoise.] (Zool.) The turtledove. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Turtle'
From: GCIDE
- Turtle \Tur"tle\, n. [Probably the same word as the word preceding, and substituted (probably by sailors) for the Spanish or Portuguese name; cf. Sp. tortuga tortoise, turtle, Pg. tartaruga, also F. tortue, and E. tortoise.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Zool.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises are also called turtles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. [1913 Webster]
- Alligator turtle, Box turtle, etc. See under Alligator, Box, etc.
- green turtle (Zool.), a marine turtle of the genus Chelonia, having usually a smooth greenish or olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup. Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which (Chelonia Midas) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more; the other (Chelonia virgata) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both species are similar in habits and feed principally on seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle grass.
- Turtle cowrie (Zool.), a large, handsome cowrie ({Cypraea testudinaria}); the turtle-shell; so called because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color and form.
- Turtle grass (Bot.), a marine plant ({Thalassia testudinum}) with grasslike leaves, common about the West Indies.
- Turtle shell, tortoise shell. See under Tortoise. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Turtle'
- Turtling,
- Alligator turtle,
- Box turtle,
- Green turtle,
- Land turtle,
- Leather turtle,
- Lyre turtle,
- Mud turtle,
- Musk turtle,
- Painted turtle,
- Pond turtle,
- Sea turtle,
- Snapping turtle,
- To turn turtle,
- Trunk turtle,
- Turtle Creek,
- Turtle Lake,
- Turtle River,
- Turtle cowrie,
- Turtle grass,
- Turtle peg,
- Turtle pegging,
- Turtle shell,
- bastard turtle,
- gopher turtle,
- hawksbill turtle,
- leatherback turtle,
- leathery turtle,
- loggerhead turtle,
- marine turtle,
- pancake turtle,
- spotted turtle,
- tortoiseshell turtle,
- turn turtle,
- turtle bean,
- turtle soup,
- turtle turtledove,
- Mock turtle soup,
- Turtle Creek, PA,
- Turtle Lake, MT,
- Turtle Lake, ND,
- Turtle Lake, WI,
- Turtle River, MN,
- Turtle-footed,
- Turtle-shell,
- alligator snapping turtle,
- common snapping turtle,
- green turtle soup,
- western box turtle,
- Soft-shelled turtle,
- Tortoise-shell turtle,
- logger-headed turtle,
- red-bellied turtle