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Definition: Sculptured tortoise
Sculpture
\Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sculptured; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sculpturing.]
To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or
metal; to carve; to engrave.
[1913 Webster]
Sculptured tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a common North American
wood tortoise (
Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked
with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
figures.
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