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turtle Definition


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turtle
noun
    1. Any of several marine and freshwater reptiles with bodies enclosed in a bony shell similar to that of the tortoises, but which have flippers or webbed toes, making them excellent swimmers.
    (N Amer)
    2. Applied more generally to include the tortoise and terrapin.
    3. The flesh of these reptiles used as food.
    4. computing.
      A type of cursor that is is moved around in on-screen drawing and plotting.
Idiom: turn turtle
    Said of a boat, etc: to turn upside down; to capsize.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin tortuca a tortoise.



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