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testudinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tes-tu-di-nal
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to, tortoises.

adj

Resembling a tortoise.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin testūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin testūdō, from testa.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Zoology.

Synonyms

testudinarious testudinate

Questions

What does testudinal mean?
Of, or relating to, tortoises.
Where does testudinal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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