turtle

One entry found for turtle.

Main Entry: tur·tle
Pronunciation: trt-l
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural turtles also turtle
Usage: often attributive
: any of an order (Testudines) of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles that have a toothless horny beak and a shell of bony dermal plates usually covered with horny shields enclosing the trunk and into which the head, limbs, and tail usually may be withdrawn -- called also chelonian