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fertile as a turtle

fertile as a turtle adjective: highly fertile.

Adjective

fertile as a turtle (not comparable)

  1. (humorous, simile) Highly fertile.

Origin of fertile as a turtle

Chosen for the rhyme (in North American pronunciations).

Questions about fertile as a turtle

What does fertile as a turtle mean?
Fertile as a turtle means highly fertile.
What part of speech is fertile as a turtle?
Fertile as a turtle is an adjective.

Words near fertile as a turtle in the dictionary

  1. fertigation
  2. fertigations
  3. Fertigs
  4. fertil
  5. fertile
  6. fertile as a turtle
  7. Fertile Belt
  8. Fertile Crescent
  9. Fertile Valley
  10. fertilely
  11. fertileness

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