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mock turtles

mock turtles is the plural of mock turtle.

Meaning of mock turtle

Noun

mock turtle (countable and uncountable, plural mock turtles)

  1. (figuratively, slang, uncommon) An imitation or substitute for something else, especially when such an imitation is seen as less authentic.
  2. Synonym of mock turtle soup.

Questions about mock turtles

What is mock turtles the plural of?
Mock turtles is the plural of mock turtle.

Words near mock turtles in the dictionary

  1. mock Tudors
  2. mock turtle
  3. mock turtle soup
  4. mock turtleneck
  5. mock turtlenecks
  6. mock turtles
  7. mock up
  8. mock'st
  9. mock-cypress
  10. mock-epic
  11. mock-heroic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mock turtles (page history and authors); mock turtle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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