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tortoise - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tortoise' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tortoise [ n.]
- Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
- Same as Testudo, 2.
- having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color.
- a tortoise-shell cat.