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testudo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
tes-tu-do
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.

noun

A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc.

noun

The fornix.

noun

A chelys (kind of lyre)

noun

An encysted tumour.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”).

Inflected Forms

testudos (plural) testudoes (plural) testudines (plural)

Synonyms

sheltron chelys lyre

Questions

What does testudo mean?
A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
Where does testudo come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”).

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