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testudineous

testudineous adjective: characteristic of a tortoise, or the shell of a tortoise.

Adjective

testudineous (comparative more testudineous, superlative most testudineous)

  1. Characteristic of a tortoise, or the shell of a tortoise.
  2. As slow as a tortoise.

Forms of testudineous

comparativemore testudineous
superlativemost testudineous
alternative formtestudinous

Origin of testudineous

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

Questions about testudineous

What does testudineous mean?
Testudineous means characteristic of a tortoise, or the shell of a tortoise.
What part of speech is testudineous?
Testudineous is an adjective.

Words near testudineous in the dictionary

  1. testudinate
  2. testudinated
  3. testudinates
  4. testudinatum
  5. testudine
  6. testudineous
  7. testudines
  8. testudinid
  9. testudinids
  10. testudinoid
  11. testudinoids

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