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Tortoise meaning
Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators. | Synonym of cat (sense 11, a wheeled shelter)
Synonyms of Tortoise
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Jackie Leek takes her giant pet tortoise - an eight-year-old African sulcate tortoise called Mr Miyagi - on regular walks to The Crossing Pub in Morcambe.
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Anguilla has habitat for the Cuban tree frogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis) citation The red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria) is a species of tortoise found here, it somehow came from South America.
It will then take Achilles some further time to run that distance, by which time the tortoise will have advanced farther; and then more time still to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead.
Tortoise, Meet Madame Tortue", saying translators "instantly ran headlong into the conflict between the feminine gender of the French noun tortue and the masculinity of my character, the Tortoise".
Animal-loving Sir Lindsay has a number of pets, including Maggie the tortoise – who is “not for turning” – and a dog, Betty, named after his late predecessor, Baroness Betty Boothroyd.
A Sky News and Tortoise investigation found last month that MPs had worked about 89,000 hours in their second jobs since the beginning of the parliament.
But the audience favorite hands down is the hilarious rendition of The Tortoise and the Hare.
Finally, Red Tortoise LLC bought a new position in shares of Chevron during the fourth quarter valued at about $37,000.
Given the unfolding drama in the internal politics of the APC, who among the actors would you label the Shrew, the Tortoise and the Squirrel?
He also drew parallels between his life story and that of the turtle from the tale of “The Tortoise and the Hare”.
I’ve been writing on this very website for over thirteen wonderful years and I can say that a large percentage of readers dream of being the speedy bunny rabbit that blows past the silly old tortoise.
Like the Galapagos tortoise, crocodile's cells are particularly resistant to senescence.
Looking back, he had enough time to rescue his neighbors’ animals — including two cats, two dogs, a tortoise and a cockatiel — if only he had known about them.
Members of the centre's lunch group welcomed animals from Animal Man's Mini Zoo, with mice, a guinea pig, rabbit, snake, cockroaches, a spider, a chicken, a tortoise and a bearded dragon brought along.
Red Tortoise LLC acquired a new position in PepsiCo in the fourth quarter worth about $30,000.
Red Tortoise LLC acquired a new position in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000.
Red Tortoise LLC acquired a new stake in International Business Machines in the fourth quarter worth $27,000.
Red Tortoise LLC acquired a new stake in shares of PepsiCo in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000.