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

Testudo Sentence Examples

  • One tactic seen quite frequently is something called a testudo (tortoise ).

  • One tactic seen quite frequently is something called a testudo (tortoise).

  • They are chiefly noted as the habitat of the gigantic land tortoise (Testudo elephantina), now carefully preserved, and of several rare and peculiar birds, including a rail (Dryolimnas aldabranus), an ibis (Ibis abbottii) and a dove (Alectroenas sganzini).

  • A magnetic observatory was equipped at Bogen Atlas range the food of this bird is said to consist chiefly of the Testudo mauritanica, which "it carries to some height in the air, and lets fall on a stone to break the shell" (Ibis, 18 59, p. 1 77).

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