English
Image:Sea turtle small.jpg|thumb|A sea turtle.
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Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/�t��t�l/, SAMPA|/"t3:t@l/
(US): AHD|tûrʹt�l, IPA|/�t�t�l/, SAMPA|/"t3`t@l/
rhymes|��(r)t�l

Etymology 1
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Noun
en-noun

1. archaic A turtle dove.

Derived terms
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turtle-bird
turtle dove, turtle-dove, turtledove<!--sic-->
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turtleish<!--sic: in OED-->, turtlish
turtleise, turtlise, turtleize<!--sic: in OED-->, turtlize
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Translations
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Etymology 2
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Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A land or marine reptile having a protective shell (made up of a carapace and a plastron) enclosing its body.<!--Encyclopedic info; this does not make the definition any more specific: In most terrestrial species, the lower part of the shell (plastron) is hinged, allowing the shell to completely enclose the animal's head and arms. It may live on land near water or in the water.-->
2. context|Australia|UK A sea turtle.
3. computing A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.

Derived terms
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African helmeted turtle
Afro-American sideneck turtle
Alabama red-bellied turtle
alligator turtle, alligator-turtle
American turtle
w:Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles|Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles
Arakan forest turtle
Australian short-necked turtle
Austro-American sideneck turtle
awkward turtle<!--rfv-->
bastard turtle
big-headed turtle
black marsh turtle
black turtle bean
Blanding's turtle
bog turtle
box turtle, box-turtle
chicken turtle, chicken-turtle
common snakeneck turtle
cooter turtle
diamond-backed turtle
dragon turtle
eastern long-neck turtle
Fitzroy River turtle<!--from "Fitzroy River", hence the capitalisation-->
flatback turtle
Florida redbelly turtle
Fly River turtle<!--from "Fly River", not "river turtle"-->
golden coin turtle
gopher turtle
greaved turtle
Greenland turtle
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green turtle
have a turtle's head
hawk-billed turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, hawk's-bill turtle, hawksbill turtle
horned turtle
land turtle
leaf turtle
leather turtle
leatherback turtle
leather-turtle
leathery turtle
loggerhead turtle, logger-headed turtle
lyre turtle
Madagascan big-headed turtle
map turtle
marine turtle
marsh turtle
mata mata turtle, matamata turtle
Mary River turtle<!--from "Mary River", not "river turtle"-->
mock turtle
mock turtle soup
mud turtle
musk turtle
New Guinea snakeneck turtle
Olive Ridley turtle
painted turtle
pancake turtle
pig-nosed turtle, pig-nose turtle, pignose turtle
pitted-shelled turtle
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plateless turtle
Plymouth redbelly turtle
pond turtle
purple turtler
red-bellied turtle
river turtle
roofed turtle
sea turtle, sea-turtle
side-necked turtle
silver stater with a turtle
snake-eating turtle
snake-necked turtle
snapping turtle, snapping-turtle
soft-shelled turtle, soft-shell turtle, softshell turtle
spiny turtle
spotted turtle
toad-headed turtle
twisted-necked turtle
tortoise-shell turtle
trunk turtle, trunk-turtle
turn the turtle
turn turtle
turning turtles<!--a game-->
turtle-back, turtleback
turtle bean
turtleburger
turtle-corral
turtle cowrie, turtle cowry
turtle-crab
turtle-crawl
turtle-deck
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turtledom
turtle-egging
turtle excluder device
turtle-footed
turtle-frolic
turtle graphics
turtle grass, turtle-grass
turtle-head, turtlehead
turtle hull
turtle-insect
turtle-kraal
turtle neck, turtle-neck, turtleneck
turtle peg, turtle-peg
turtle-press
turtler
turtle racing
turtles all the way down
turtle shell
turtle ship
turtle soup
turtle stone
turtle-shell
turtle-soup
turtle-stone
turtlet
turtle trade
turtle-twine
turtling<!--noun-->
turtly
water turtle
western swamp turtle
wood turtle
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Slovene: želva f
Spanish: tortuga f, peta f italbrac|Bolivia
Swedish: sköldpadda
Tagalog: pagong
Tamil: �ம� (Amai)
Telugu: తాబ�ల� (taabaelu)
Thai: THchar|���า (tàò)
Turkish: kaplumba�a
Ukrainian: �е�епа�а (�erepa�a) f
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See also
chelonian
tortoise
terrapin

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