Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - turtle
Turtle
turtle
n. 1 any of various marine or freshwater reptiles of the order Chelonia, encased in a shell of bony plates, and having flippers or webbed toes used in swimming. 2 the flesh of the turtle, esp. used for soup. 3 Computing a directional cursor in a computer graphics system which can be instructed to move around a screen. Phrases and idioms turn turtle capsize. turtle-neck 1 a high close-fitting neck on a knitted garment. 2 US = polo-neck. Etymology: app. alt. of tortue: see TORTOISE
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English turtla, from Latin turtur Date: before 12th century ~dove, II. noun (plural ~s; also ~) Usage: often attributive Etymology: modification of French tortue, from Late Latin (bestia) tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus of Tartarus, from Greek tartarouchos, from Tartaros Tartarus; from Mithraic and early Christian association of the ~ with infernal forces Date: 1612 any of an order (Testudines syn. Chelonia) of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine reptiles that have a toothless horny beak and a shell of bony dermal plates usually covered with horny shields enclosing the trunk and into which the head, limbs, and tail usually may be withdrawn, III. noun Date: 1952 ~neck ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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