turtle

Etymology Modification of Middle English tortou, tortu, from Old French tortüe (under the influence of Middle English turtel, turtur (“turtledove”), see Etymology 2 below), from Old Occitan tortuga (compare Spanish tortuga), the same source of tortoise (see there for more). Displaced native Old English byrdling (See birdling).

Synonyms

birdling, chelid, chelonian, shellpad, shield-toad, terrapin, testudine, tortoise, turpin

Derived terms

193 terms

African forest turtle, African helmeted turtle, African sideneck turtle, African softshell turtle, Alabama map turtle, Alabama red-bellied turtle, Alabama turtle, Alamos mud turtle, alligator turtle, alligator-turtle, American turtle, American Turtle, Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, Arakan forest turtle, arrau turtle, Australasian pig-nose turtle, Australian short-necked turtle, Austro-American sideneck turtle, awkward turtle, big-headed turtle, black-breasted leaf turtle, black marsh turtle, black turtle bean, Blanding's turtle, bog turtle, box turtle, box-turtle, chicken turtle, chicken-turtle, Chinese pond turtle, Chinese three-banded box turtle, Chinese three-striped box turtle, common snakeneck turtle, cooter turtle, diamond-backed turtle, dragon turtle, eastern long-neck turtle, false map turtle, fertile as a turtle, Fitzroy River turtle, flatback turtle, flat-headed turtle, Florida redbelly turtle, Fly River turtle, golden coin turtle, gopher turtle, greaved turtle, Greenland turtle, green turtle, have a turtle's head, hawk-billed turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, hawk's-bill turtle, hawksbill turtle, horned turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, land turtle, leaf turtle, leatherback turtle, leather turtle, leather-turtle, leathery turtle, loggerhead turtle, logger-headed turtle, lute turtle, lyre turtle, Madagascan big-headed turtle, map turtle, marine turtle, marsh turtle, Mary River turtle, mata mata turtle, matamata turtle, mock turtle, mock turtle soup, mud turtle, Muhlenberg's turtle, musk turtle, New Guinea snakeneck turtle, Nile softshell turtle, nonturtle, olive ridley turtle, painted turtle, pancake turtle, pig-nosed turtle, pig-nose turtle, pignose turtle, pitted-shelled turtle, plateless turtle, Plymouth redbelly turtle, pond turtle, red-bellied turtle, red-eared turtle, Red River giant softshell turtle, ridley turtle, river turtle, roofed turtle, sea turtle, sea-turtle, Shanghai softshell turtle, side-necked turtle, silver stater with a turtle, snake-eating turtle, snake-necked turtle, snapping turtle, snapping-turtle, soft-shelled turtle, soft-shell turtle, softshell turtle, speckled softshell turtle, spiny turtle, spotted turtle, Swinhoe's softshell turtle, toad-headed turtle, tortoise-shell turtle, trunk turtle, trunk-turtle, turn the turtle, turn turtle, turtle ant, turtle-back, turtleback, turtle barnacle, Turtle Bay, turtle bean, turtlebloom, turtleburger, turtle-corral, turtle cowrie, turtle cowry, turtle crab, turtle-crab, turtle-crawl, turtle crawl, turtle curb, turtle-deck, turtledom, turtle dove, turtle-dove, turtle down, turtle-egging, turtle excluder device, turtle-footed, turtle frog, turtle frolic, turtle graphics, turtle grass, turtle-grass, turtle-head, turtlehead, turtle hull, turtle-insect, Turtle Island, turtle-kraal, turtle leech, turtleless, turtlelike, Turtlemania, turtle neck, turtle-neck, turtleneck, turtle-net, turtle peg, turtle-peg, turtle-press, turtler, turtle racing, Turtle River, turtles all the way down, turtle-shell, turtleshell, turtle ship, turtle socks, turtle soup, turtlesque, turtle stone, turtle-stone, turtle suit, turtlet, turtle trade, turtle trading, turtlette, turtle-twine, turtle up, turtle vine, turtleweed, turtling, turtly, twist-necked turtle, water turtle, western swamp turtle, wood turtle, Yangtze giant softshell turtle

Related terms

:Category:Reptiles, reptilelike

Hypernyms

Chelonia, vertebrate, animal

Hyponyms

caret, jabuti, matamata, morrocoy, sea turtle, snapper

Etymology From Middle English turtle, tortle, turtel, turtul, from Old English turtle, turtla (“turtledove”), ultimately from Latin turtur (“turtledove”), of imitative origin.

Derived terms

turtle-bird, turtle dove, turtle-dove, turtledove, turtleise, turtlise, turtleize, turtlize, turtleish, turtlish