tortoise

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tortoise englannista suomeksi

1. kilpikonna

0. Substantiivi

1. tortoise or turtle kilpikonna, maakilpikonna tortoise, Testudinidae

tortoise englanniksi

1. (senseid)Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family (taxfmt) or the order (taxfmt) , 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.

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2. (quote-book)|title=Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs|publisher=The Citadel Press|location=New York|page=235|passage=The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.

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