Found 3 items, similar to turtle.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: turtle
kura-kura
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: turtle
turtle
n : any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell
and flipper-like limbs for swimming
turtle
v 1: overturn accidentally;
“Don't rock the boat or it will
capsize!” [syn:
capsize,
turn turtle]
2: hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Turtle
Turtle
\Tur"tle\, n. [AS. turtle, L. turtur; probably of
imitative origin. Cf.
Turtle the sea tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.)
The turtledove.
[1913 Webster]
Turtle
\Tur"tle\, n. [Probably the same word as the word
preceding, and substituted (probably by sailors) for the
Spanish or Portuguese name; cf. Sp. tortuga tortoise, turtle,
Pg. tartaruga, also F. tortue, and E. tortoise.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata,
especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises
are also called turtles.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a
type-revolving cylinder press.
[1913 Webster]
Alligator turtle,
Box turtle, etc. See under
Alligator,
Box, etc.
green turtle (Zo["o]l.), a marine turtle of the genus
Chelonia, having usually a smooth greenish or
olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy
of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup.
Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which
(
Chelonia Midas) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic
Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more;
the other (
Chelonia virgata) inhabits the Pacific Ocean.
Both species are similar in habits and feed principally on
seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle
grass.
Turtle cowrie (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowrie
(
Cypr[ae]a testudinaria); the turtle-shell; so called
because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color
and form.
Turtle grass (Bot.), a marine plant (
Thalassia testudinum
) with grasslike leaves, common about the West
Indies.
Turtle shell, tortoise shell. See under
Tortoise.
[1913 Webster]