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Turtle
·noun The <<Turtledove>>.
II. Turtle ·noun The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-rev...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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turtle
The well-known marine reptile described by early navigators as "reasonable toothsom meate." The horn...
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Footed
·adj Having a foothold; established.
II. Footed ·adj Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot.
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Turtle, Turtle-dove
Its peculiar peaceful and gentle habit its often referred to in Scripture. A pair was offered in sac...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Sea turtle
·- The sea pigeon, or guillemot.
II. Sea turtle ·- Any one of several very large species of cheloni...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Turtle peg
·add. ·- A sharp steel spear attached to a cord, used in taking sea turtles.
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Turtle-shell
·noun The turtle cowrie.
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mud-turtle
The popular name of a reptile common in all parts of the United States. Marsh Tortoise and Mud Terra...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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snapping-turtle
(Genus, chelonura.) A reptile common to all parts of the United States, so named from its propensity...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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green turtle
The common name for the edible turtle, which does not yield tortoise-shell.
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snapping-turtle
A well-known fresh-water tortoise of the rivers in the United States; Chelydra serpentina.
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turtle-crawl
A shallow lagoon, wherein turtles are kept.
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turtle-peg
A socketed pointed iron on a staff; it is slightly barbed, and is a special tool for sticking turtle...
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Turtle, Turtledove
Turtur auritus (Heb. tor). The name is phonetic, evidently derived from the plaintive cooing of the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Cleft-footed
·adj Having a cloven foot.
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Cloven-footed
·adj ·Alt. of Cloven-hoofed.
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Fin-footed
·adj Having palmate feet.
II. Fin-footed ·adj Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.
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Flat-footed
·adj Firm-footed; determined.
II. Flat-footed ·adj Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf-footed
·adj Having leaflike expansions on the legs;
— said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Le...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Light-footed
·adj Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
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Lobe-footed
·adj <<Lobiped>>.
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Mouth-footed
·adj Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.
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Oar-footed
·adj Having feet adapted for swimming.
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Polt-footed
·adj Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet.
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Rough-footed
·adj Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.
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Sure-footed
·adj Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.
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Tickle-footed
·adj Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.
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Tiger-footed
·adj Hastening to devour; furious.
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Web-footed
·adj Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl.
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Wing-footed
·adj Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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flat-footed
Firm-footed, resolute; firmly, resolutely. A term belonging to the Western political slang with whic...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pig-footed bandicoot
n.
name given to Choeropus castanotis, Gray, an animal about the sizeof a rabbit, belonging to the ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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turn a turtle, to
To take the animal by seizing a flipper, and throwing him on his back, which renders him quite helpl...
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