tor‧toise /ˈtɔːtəs $ ˈtɔːr-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;
Origin: tortue, from Vulgar Latin tartaruca, from Late Latin tartaruchus 'of Tartarus', from Greek tartarouchos, from Tartaros 'Tartarus, the land of the dead in ancient stories'; because it used to be thought that tortoises and turtles came from hell]
a slow-moving land animal that can pull its head and legs into the hard round shell that covers its body ⇒
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