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Testudo (which meant "tortoise" in classical Latin) may refer to: * Battering ram, an armored siege engine with metal plating on the top to protect from missiles fired from above * Chevrolet Testudo, a concept car designed and built by Bertone on a Chevrolet Corvair unibody chassis * Steel Testudo or the Nationalist-Socialist Party of Romania, 1930s political party * Testudo (mascot), the mascot of University of Maryland, College Park * ''Testudo'' (genus), a genus in the tortoise family of turtles * Testudo formation, a Roman military tactic which involved a formation of soldiers using their shields to form a tortoise-shell-like protective cover against enemy weapons * Testudo, the Latin variant of the Greek chelys harp, involving a sound-box made from a tortoise shell * Testudo, an obsolete constellation now in the constellation of Pisces See also * Tortoise (other) A tortoise is a land-dwelling reptile, protected by a shell, of the order Testudines. Tortoise may also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tortoise
Tortoises () are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin: ''tortoise''). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats. The shell in tortoises is generally hard, and like other members of the suborder Cryptodira, they retract their necks and heads directly backward into the shell to protect them. Tortoises can vary in size with some species, such as the Galápagos giant tortoise, growing to more than in length, whereas others like the Speckled cape tortoise have shells that measure only long. Several lineages of tortoises have independently evolved very large body sizes in excess of 100 kg, including the Galapagos giant tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise. They are usually diurnal animals with tendencies to be crepuscular depending on the ambient temperatures. They are generally reclusive animals. Tortoises are the longest-living land animals in the world, although the longest-living specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
