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testudines   (TTS Sound)

The noun testudines has 1 sense

• Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines -- (tortoises and turtles)

The noun testudo has 2 senses

• testudo -- (a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification)


• Testudo, genus Testudo -- (type genus of the Testudinidae)