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testudos

testudos is the plural of testudo.

Meaning of testudo

Noun

testudo (plural testudos or testudoes or testudines)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
    Synonyms:
    sheltron
  2. A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc.
  3. The fornix.
  4. A chelys (kind of lyre)
    Synonyms:
    chelys lyre
  5. An encysted tumour.

Questions about testudos

What is testudos the plural of?
Testudos is the plural of testudo.

Words near testudos in the dictionary

  1. testudinoid
  2. testudinoids
  3. testudinous
  4. testudo
  5. testudoes
  6. testudos
  7. testule
  8. testules
  9. testworthiness
  10. testworthy
  11. testy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: testudos (page history and authors); testudo (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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