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Noun testudo has 2 senses
  1. testudo - a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification
    --1 is a kind of     animal order; protective covering, protective cover, protection; animal order; protective covering, protective cover, protection
    --1 is a member of
     Anapsida, subclass Anapsida; 1 of 2 senses of testudo ; Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines; Anapsida, subclass Anapsida; 1 of 2 senses of testudo
    --1 has members:
     chelonian, chelonian reptile; Cheloniidae, family Cheloniidae, Chelonidae, family Chelonidae; Dermochelyidae, family Dermochelyidae; Chelydridae, family Chelydridae; Kinosternidae, family Kinosternidae; Emydidae, family Emydidae; Testudinidae, family Testudinidae; Trionychidae, family Trionychidae; 1 of 2 senses of testudo ; Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines; chelonian, chelonian reptile; Cheloniidae, family Cheloniidae, Chelonidae, family Chelonidae; Dermochelyidae, family Dermochelyidae; Chelydridae, family Chelydridae; Kinosternidae, family Kinosternidae; Emydidae, family Emydidae; Testudinidae, family Testudinidae; Trionychidae, family Trionychidae; 1 of 2 senses of testudo
  2. Testudo, genus Testudo - type genus of the Testudinidae
    --2 is a kind of reptile genus; reptile genus
    --2 is a member of
     Testudinidae, family Testudinidae; Testudo, genus Testudo; Testudinidae, family Testudinidae
     --2 has members:
     European tortoise, Testudo graeca; giant tortoise; Testudo, genus Testudo; European tortoise, Testudo graeca; giant tortoise
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