tortoise

Noun

Meaning

Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.

Same as Testudo, 2.

having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color.

a tortoise-shell cat.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dragon lizard chameleon cooter reptile gator snapper dawdle dinosaur turtle crocodile snail reptilian alligator poke

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Antonyms

beaver fireball doer grip achiever hustler

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Hypernyms

animal reptile

Hyponyms

gopher desert tortoise gopher tortoise giant tortoise gopher turtle Gopherus polypemus

Phrases with the word

red-footed tortoise angonoka tortoise hinge-back tortoise hinged-back tortoise Burmese star tortoise tortoise plant

Examples

The fable says that the tortoise won in the end, which is consoling, but the hare shows a good deal of speed and few signs of tiring. Northrop Frye

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game. Anita Brookner

You do not know me,' said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself. Chinua Achebe

It is not only the hare, the tortoise arrives also at the destination. Nigerian Proverb

It is the fear of what tomorrow may bring that makes the tortoise to carry his house along with him wherever he goes. Nigerian Proverb

The tortoise stores its wisdom in his shell. Bantu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tortle tortness Torto tortoise beetle tortoise core Tortoise Islands