Word Meaning

tortoise definition and meaning

n. Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
n. Same as Testudo, 2.
n. having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color.
n. a tortoise-shell cat.

Crossword clues for tortoise

- Competitor with a hare in an Aesop tale
- Fabulous race winner
- Land reptile
- Shell reptile
- Slow-moving creature
- Slow-moving reptile carrying its own housing
- Taught us to listen to giant from Galapagos
- Turtle's relative