TESTUDO (testudines)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: testudines   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Testudo mean? 

• TESTUDO (noun)
  The noun TESTUDO has 2 senses:

1. a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification

2. type genus of the Testudinidae

  Familiarity information: TESTUDO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TESTUDO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("testudo" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Testudinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Testudo; Testudo

Hypernyms ("Testudo" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Testudo"):

European tortoise; Testudo graeca (small land tortoise of southern Europe)

giant tortoise (very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands)

Holonyms ("Testudo" is a member of...):

family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)