Word Finder - turtles

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Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

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• shellpad
• shield-toad

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(specifically) A marine reptile of that order.

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• sea turtle

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An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.

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• testudo

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A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.

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An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.

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The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

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A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.

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A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".

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A low stand for a lamp etc.

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To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.

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To turn and swim upside down.

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To hunt turtles, especially in the water.

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To build up a large defense force and strike only punctually, rather than going for an offensive strategy.

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A turtle dove.

Turtles are abundant and supply the Calcutta market.

Every bayou contains alligators; and reptiles of various species, such as turtles, lizards, horned toads, rattlesnakes and moccasins are abundant.

These turtles are so numerous that their flesh and eggs have long been a principal food supply for the Indian population of that region.

The rivers and neighbouring seas seem to be well stocked with fish, and especial mention must be made of the turtles, flying-fish, and brilliant I coral-fish which swarm in the waters warmed by the Kurosiwo current, the gulf-stream of the Pacific. Shell-fish form an important article of diet to both the Chinese and the aborigines along the coast - a species of Cyrena, a species of Tapes, Cytheraea petechiana and Modiola teres being most abundant.

Turtles are abundant along the coasts and in the Los Islands.

Of reptiles there are the alligator, and several species each of turtles, lizards and snakes.

Turtles, trepang and pearl-shell are of some commercial importance.

The large rivers of Colombia and the lakes of the lowlands are filled with alligators, turtles, and fish, and several species of fish are highly esteemed by the natives as food.

The islands were discovered by Columbus, who named them Tortugas from the turtles with which the surrounding sea abounds.

The exports, sent chiefly to Great Britain, are cocoa, spices, wool, cotton, coffee, live stock, hides, turtles, turtle shell, kola nuts, vanilla and timber.

Divers will see parrotfish and turtles, but probably not sharks!

The otter is found in some of the rivers, which are also frequented, near their mouths, by turtles.

The exports are mahogany, rosewood, cedar, logwood and other cabinet-woods and dye-woods, with cocoanuts, sugar, sarsaparilla, tortoiseshell, deerskins, turtles and fruit, especially bananas.

Very large sea turtles are often captured by the fishermen, and their flesh is highly appreciated as an article of food.

They burrow in the sands of every shore; they throng the weeds between tide-marks; they ascend all streams; they are found in deep wells, in caverns, in lakes; in Arctic waters they swarm in numbers beyond computation; they find lodgings on crabs, on turtles, on weed-grown buoys; they descend into depths of the ocean down to hundreds or thousands of fathoms; they are found in mountain streams as far above sea-level as some of their congeners live below it.

Sometimes the one partner affords the other merely a convenient means of transport, as in the case of the barnacles which grow on, or of the gulf-weed crab which clings to, the carapace of marine turtles.

So far as these are an article of general commerce, they come, like frogs, terrapin and turtles, mainly from the counties of the embayment region.

The trade is chiefly with the United States, and the main exports are sugar, molasses, logwood, tamarinds, turtles, and pineapples.

Phosphate deposits of considerable value are worked, but the principal occupation of the inhabitants is catching turtles for export to Jamaica.

There are five principal buildings or groups - the Temple of the Magician, Nunnery Quadrangle, House of the Turtles, House of the Pigeons and Governor's Palace.

It has the same features found in the other structures except for a line of sculptured turtles on the mouldings of the frieze.

Here you can spot alligators, turtles, snakes, amazing bird life and, if you're lucky, bears and panthers.

Keep an eye out, too, for the green turtles that come to lay their eggs on Redang's pristine beaches.

New born cygnets are mainly lost to crows, herons, magpies, turtles, pike and large perch.

All species of sea turtles are threatened by extinction.

Our finely crafted turtle figurines will make a great addition to your collectible turtles.

In Sabah you can snorkel, dive and maybe get the chance to see green turtles in the marine park.

The rare green turtles come here to nest between December and July.

The current side of the pinnacle provides large schools of fish and sometimes turtles and huge groupers at their cleaning station.

A number of reptiles are known to carry salmonella, including turtles and lizards (including iguanas ).

Some dinosaurs ate lizards, turtles, eggs, or early mammals.

Extraordinarily colorful marine life includes mantas, rays and turtles.

Encounters below the surface may include blacktip reef sharks, rays, turtles and big morays.

I also did a couple of night dives, where I saw free-swimming morays, octopus, turtles, couple of rays.

They had also seen me disappear underwater and come back with tales (and pictures) of friendly turtles and colorful parrotfish.

They included teeth and bones of crocodiles, small furry reptiles such as Stereognathus, turtles, flying pterosaurs and many more.

All types of marine life have been seen here - small hammerheads and reef sharks, turtles, giant puffers, numerous small invertebrates.

There are huge tarpon above you and I've seen turtles and sharks there.

The donation was made via the Zooâs Shellshock Conservation Campaign which has been raising funds for endangered tortoises and turtles since October.

The peak nesting period for the turtles is April/May with the first hatching turtles emerging from mid May until the end of the season.

Three giant snapping turtles turned up inside a Bronx, New York sewage treatment plant in 1988.

Volunteers will work on an extensive array of projects from beach surveys of endangered turtles to the building of wells in remote villages.

Of the seven species of marine turtles in the world five are found here.

Fish pond The large fish pond is also home to a couple of giant model turtles!

The term turtle is usually used for the aquatic species, aquatic fresh-water turtles also being referred to as terrapins.

Watching giant leatherback turtles come ashore to lay eggs from March to July.

The most common species to be found in the sanctuary are hawksbill & olive ridley turtles.

It's believed more than 12 million freshwater turtles a year are being sold for food in China alone, " said Rob.

The species affected include wahoo, various sharks, undersized swordfish, cetaceans and turtles.

Large tortoises abound, and, in the `Ain el-'Arus pool, fresh-water turtles and carp. Of domestic Ritter, Erdkunde, xi.