tortoise
tortoise
Definition
tor·toise (tôrt′əs)
tortoise
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- hibernate: Never ever attempt to hibernate a tortoise which you suspect is ill, or which is under weight.
- spur: I bought a greek spur thighed tortoise 3 years ago.
- overtake: Consequently, Achilles may run indefinitely without overtaking the tortoise.
Adjective modifier
- spur-thighed: Andy Bee Tropical House Keeper said This is the first Spur-thighed tortoise to hatch at the zoo in many years.
- thighed: I bought a greek spur thighed tortoise 3 years ago.
- giant: Catching a giant tortoise from the bottom of the sea 45.
Modifies a noun
- shell: Stylish tortoise shell ear piece is included with the gold frame.
- keeper: In order to maintain the tortoises in good health it is necessary to educate tortoise keepers on treatment of parasites.
- lover: The website is brillant didn't know there were so many tortoise lovers out there, glad to know you are there.
- owner: I am a novice tortoise owner these are my first.
Noun used with modifier
- hermanns: These dealers really make me mad as you can probably tell A sulcata cannot live with a hermanns tortoise.
- hermans: I am the proud owner of two hermans tortoise.
- leopard: Along with our leopard tortoise, we are very grateful.
- faux: The evening bag body is mounted on to a faux tortoise shell celluloid plastic square base.
- baby: I still have two spur thighs and at the moment I have a baby tortoise, which is the offspring of the original two.
- giant: There they investigated reports of a very large dinosaur egg, which proved to be the carapace of a fossil giant tortoise.
tortoise Quotes
It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise markethares have no time to read.
Browse dictionary entries near tortoise
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- tortoise-shell
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- tortricid
- Tortuga
- tortuosities
- tortuosity
