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Sep. 30, 2016
testudinal\te-STOOD-n-l, -STYOOD-\adjective
1. pertaining to or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell.
QuotesOnce Mrs. Buckland found herself being shaken awake in the middle
of the night, her husband crying in excitement: âMy dear, I believe
that Cheirotheriumâs footsteps are undoubtedly testudinal.â â¦
Mrs. Buckland made a flour paste, which she spread across the table,
while the Reverend Buckland fetched the family tortoise.
-- Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, 2003
Origin of testudinalTestudinal derives from the Latin word for
"tortoise," testÅ«dÅ. It entered English in the early 1800s.More From
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