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testudo
[ te-stoo-doh, -styoo- ]
noun
- (among the ancient Romans) a movable shelter with a strong and usually fireproof arched roof, used for protection of soldiers in siege operations.
- a shelter formed by overlapping oblong shields, held by soldiers above their heads.
testudo
/ tɛˈstjuːdəʊ /
noun
- a form of shelter used by the ancient Roman Army for protection against attack from above, consisting either of a mobile arched structure or of overlapping shields held by the soldiers over their heads
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The elephant tortoise (Testudo Schweigeri) is often found on some islands, and in the marshy mouths of several rivers.
It was a gigantic tortoise—a specimen of Testudo elephantopus—a huge cumbersome brute.
Hibbard's Testudo riggsi (Hibbard, 1944) is the best known of these smaller turtles.
Baguian is famed throughout those seas as a rookery for the giant tortoise—testudo elephantopus.
But I had no spare cash to lay out on stock, either in pigments or specimens of the genus testudo.
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