Associations to the word «Testudines»
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Wiktionary
TESTUDO, noun. (historical) (Roman antiquity) A shelter formed by a body of troops by holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
TESTUDO, noun. (music) A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
Dictionary definition
TESTUDO, noun. A movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification.
TESTUDO, noun. Type genus of the Testudinidae.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.