tortuga — meaning in English
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English meaning
- snail noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.
- tortoise noun A land-dwelling reptile with a hard domed shell into which it can withdraw its head and legs for protection.
- turtle noun A reptile with a hard protective shell that lives on land, in fresh water, or in the sea.
Senses
tortuga is used for these senses in English:
- snail (informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
- tortoise Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.
- turtle (zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
snail — full definition
- noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.
- noun Informally, a very slow-moving person.
- verb To move at a very slow pace.