Turtlename

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  A river in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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  An extinct town in Dent County, Missouri, United States.

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  A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.

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  A surname, thought to be derived from the turtle dove.

Turtlenoun

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  A member of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, a drinking club.

turtlenoun詞源 1/ˈtɜːtl̩/

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  biologynatural-scienceszoologyAny land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

  • A unique anti-aphrodisiac was the heart of a turtle carried in a wolf's skin. It prevented a person from ever being tempted amorously.
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  biologynatural-scienceszoologyA marine reptile of that order.

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  historicalgovernmentmilitarypoliticsAn Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.

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  computingengineeringmathematicsA 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.

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  computingengineeringmathematicsAn on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.

  • 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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  historicalmediaprintingpublishingThe curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

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  computingcomputing-theoryengineeringA small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.

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  dancedancinghobbiesA breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".

turtleverb詞源 1/ˈtɜːtl̩/

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  To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.

  • Were speeding when car turtled […] Auto crashed into curb and turtled.
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  To move along slowly.

  • We turtled along in Manitoba, back into the heart of the prairies.
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  To turn and swim upside down.

  • I turtled my board beneath it, flipped upright, and started paddling again.
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  To hunt turtles, especially in the water.

  • Of these, 80 turtled (65%), 26 hunted and turtled (20%), and 18 hunted (15%).
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  video-gamesTo build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.

turtlenoun詞源 2/ˈtɜːtl̩/

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  archaicA turtle dove.

  • The same he tooke, and with a riband new, / In which his Ladies colours were, did bind / About the turtles neck […].
  • As the turtle, every day has been a black day with her since her husband died, and what should we unruly members make here?

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• turtle head