Testudo Definition

tĕ-sto͝odō, -styo͝o-
testudines, testudos
noun
A movable shelter or screen with a strong arched roof, used as a protection by ancient Roman soldiers.
Webster's New World
A protective covering over a group of ancient Roman soldiers, formed by overlapping their shields above their heads.
Webster's New World

(music) A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.

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Synonyms:
  • genus Testudo

Other Word Forms of Testudo

Noun

Singular:
testudo
Plural:
testudoes, testudos

Origin of Testudo

  • Latin, from testa (“the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals"). See Testudo (“tortoise genus").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin testūdō from testa shell

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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