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"Tortoise" Definition

noun

Any of various terrestrial turtles, especially one of the family Testudinidae, characteristically having thick clublike hind limbs and a high, rounded carapace.
Chiefly British A terrestrial or freshwater chelonian.
One that moves slowly; a laggard.
Any of a family (Testudinidae) of terrestrial turtles.
Someone or something regarded as slow or laggard.

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