turtle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations

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• (British) IPA: /ˈtɜːtəl/, SAMPA: /"t3:t@l/
• (US) enPR: tûrʹtəl, IPA: /ˈtɝtəl/, SAMPA: /"t3`t@l/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)təl

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turtle (plural turtles)

1. A land or marine reptile having a protective shell (made up of a carapace and a plastron) enclosing its body.
2. (Australian, British) A sea turtle.
3. (military) An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
4. (computing) A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
5. (computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
   • 1997, Brian Harvey, Computer Science Logo Style: Symbolic computing

     Depending on which version of Logo you have, the turtle may look like an actual animal with a head and four legs or — as in Berkeley Logo — it may be represented as a triangle.

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• chelonian
• terrapin
• tortoise
• Turtle on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

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turtle (plural turtles)

1. (archaic) A turtle dove.

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