Sentence example with the word 'tortoise'

tortoise

alligator, dawdle, drone, goldbrick, lie-abed, loiterer, reptile, sleepyhead, slowbelly, sluggard, terrapin

Definition n. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant- like limbs

Last update: July 30, 2015


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The life span of a tortoise is longer than other reptiles.   [Please select]

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The name is derived from galapago, a tortoise, on account of the giant species, the characteristic feature of the fauna.   [Please select]

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CHAPTER XIV THE TORTOISE 1.   [Please select]

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CHAPTER XV HEGETOR'S TORTOISE [Illustration: HEGETOR'S RAM AND TORTOISE 1.   [Please select]

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"Alpine climbing has to be like the tortoise--slow and sure."   [Please select]

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It was in the likeness of an abject and creeping tortoise.   [Please select]

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They cover it with leaves and mud, and thus construct the roofs of their towers in a rude form of the "tortoise" style.   [Please select]

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As the machine made but slow progress, he first gave it the name of the tortoise of the ram.   [Please select]

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