testudinarious

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English

Etymology

From Latin testūdō (tortoise).

Adjective

testudinarious (comparative more testudinarious, superlative most testudinarious)

  1. (zoology) Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.
    • 2011, Angela Huth, Sun Child:
      But the mists had not managed to suck from them their testudinarious colours.
  2. (rare) tortoise-like
    • 1984, Ted A. Rathbun, Jane E. Buistra, Human Identification: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology:
      at times the watching throng of newspersons and police became decidedly impatient with our testudinarious pace

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