testudo
Testudo is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter T and ends with the letter O for which we found 3 definitions.
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| (n.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States. |
| (n.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise and served to shelter the men from darts stones and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards and moved on wheels. |
| (n.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise. |
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