tortoise: Meaning and Definition of

tor•toise

Pronunciation: (tôr'tus), [key]
— n.
  1. a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle.
  2. a very slow person or thing.
  3. testudo (def. 1).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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