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testudinal

testudinal adjective: of, or relating to, tortoises.

Adjective

testudinal (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, tortoises.
  2. Resembling a tortoise.
    • ‘Your nightclubs. What do you say?’ He blinked slowly, like a tortoise.
      The clubs were worth twice that, at least. Another testudinal blink from Azzopardi.2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety, Doubleday, page 121

Synonyms of testudinal

Origin of testudinal

From Latin testūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin testūdō, from testa.

Questions about testudinal

What does testudinal mean?
Testudinal means of, or relating to, tortoises.
What part of speech is testudinal?
Testudinal is an adjective.

Words near testudinal in the dictionary

  1. tests someone's patience
  2. tests the water
  3. tests the waters
  4. testudian
  5. testudians
  6. testudinal
  7. testudinarious
  8. testudinate
  9. testudinated
  10. testudinates
  11. testudinatum

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