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tortoise Tortoises ( ) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats. The shell in tortoises is generally hard, and like o ...

" in classical Latin) may refer to: *

Battering ram A battering ram is a siege engine that originated in ancient times and was designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates. In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried ...

, an armored siege engine with metal plating on the top to protect from missiles fired from above *

Chevrolet Testudo The Chevrolet Testudo is a concept car built by Bertone on a modified Chevrolet Corvair Monza platform. The name comes from the Latin word for "Turtle". The car debuted at the 1963 Geneva Motor Show. History General Motors (GM) Vice President o ...

, a concept car designed and built by Bertone on a Chevrolet Corvair unibody chassis *

Steel Testudo The National Socialist Party (formally Nationalist-Socialist Party of Romania; Romanian language, Romanian: ''Partidul Național-Socialist din România'', PNSR)Ileana-Stanca Desa, Elena Ioana Mălușanu, Cornelia Luminița Radu, Iuliana Sulică, '' ...

or the Nationalist-Socialist Party of Romania, 1930s political party *

Testudo (mascot) Testudo, a diamondback terrapin, is the mascot of the University of Maryland, College Park and represents the university both at sporting events and as a more general symbol. Testudo has served as the school's mascot since the 1930s, and several ...

, the mascot of University of Maryland, College Park * ''Testudo'' (genus), a genus in the tortoise family of turtles *

Testudo formation In ancient Roman warfare, the ''testudo'' or tortoise formation was a type of shield wall formation commonly used by the Roman legions during battles, particularly when they were the attacking force during sieges. Formation In the ''testu ...

, 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 The chelys or chelus (, , both meaning "turtle" or "tortoise") was a stringed musical instrument, the common lyre of the ancient Greeks, which had a convex back of tortoiseshell or of wood shaped like the shell. The word ''chelys'' was used in a ...

harp, involving a sound-box made from a tortoise shell * Testudo, an obsolete constellation now in the constellation of

Pisces Pisces may refer to: *Pisces (astrology), an astrological sign Astronomy *Pisces (constellation), a constellation ** Pisces Overdensity, an overdensity of stars in the Milky Way's halo that is situated in the Pisces constellation ** Pisces II, a ...

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