turtle

turtle
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English turtla, from Latin turtur Date: before 12th century archaic turtledove II. noun (plural turtles; also turtle) Usage: often attributive Etymology: modification of French tortue, from Late Latin (bestia) tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus of Tartarus, from Greek tartarouchos, from Tartaros Tartarus; from Mithraic and early Christian association of the turtle with infernal forces Date: 1612 any of an order (Testudines syn. Chelonia) of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles that have a toothless horny beak and a shell of bony dermal plates usually covered with horny shields enclosing the trunk and into which the head, limbs, and tail usually may be withdrawn III. noun Date: 1952 turtleneck

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  • 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] 1. (Zo[ o]l.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • turtle — [tʉrt′ l] n. pl. turtles or turtle [altered, prob. infl. by TURTLE(DOVE) < Fr tortue, tortoise < VL * tartaruca: see TORTOISE] 1. any of a large and widely distributed order (Testudines) of terrestrial or aquatic reptiles having a toothless …   English World dictionary

  • turtle — the dove [OE] and turtle the marine reptile [17] are different words. The former was borrowed from Latin turtur, which no doubt originated in imitation of the bird’s cooing. It is now encountered only in the compound turtledove, first recorded in …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • turtle — the dove [OE] and turtle the marine reptile [17] are different words. The former was borrowed from Latin turtur, which no doubt originated in imitation of the bird’s cooing. It is now encountered only in the compound turtledove, first recorded in …   Word origins

  • Turtle — Tur tle, n. [AS. turtle, L. turtur; probably of imitative origin. Cf. {Turtle} the sea tortoise.] (Zo[ o]l.) The turtledove. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • turtle — ► NOUN 1) a marine or freshwater reptile with a bony or leathery shell and flippers or webbed toes. 2) Computing a directional cursor in a computer graphics system which can be instructed to move around a screen. ● turn turtle Cf. ↑turn turtle… …   English terms dictionary

  • Turtle [1] — Turtle (engl., spr. Tort l), 1) Turteltaube; 2) Schildkröte, bes. die Riesen , gemeine u. griechische Schildkröte …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Turtle [2] — Turtle, 1) (T. Island, spr. Tort l Eiländ, Batoa, Bittoa), Insel des Fidschiarchipels (Polynesien); 1773 von Cook entdeckt; 2) T. Islands, spr. Tort l Eiländs), so v.w. Schildkröteninseln …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Turtle — (engl., spr. törtl), Schildkröte; Turteltaube …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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