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Tor⋅tu⋅ga

  [tawr-too-guh]
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–noun
an island off the N coast of and belonging to Haiti: formerly a pirate stronghold. 23 mi. (37 km) long; 70 sq. mi. (180 sq. km).
French, La Tortue.
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Tor·tu·ga   (tôr-tōō'gə)   
An island in the West Indies off northern Haiti. It was a pirate refuge in the 17th century.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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trade name for an acoustic detector that responds to ground vibrations generated by seismic waves. Geophones-also called jugs, pickups, and tortugas-are placed on the ground surface in various patterns, or arrays, to record the vibrations generated by explosives in seismic reflection and refraction work. They also are used as military detection devices. See also seismic survey.

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