testudo meaning

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testudo (noun): a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification.

testudo has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

testudo as a noun

  1. a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification

    Type of: protective covering

  2. type genus of the Testudinidae

    Synonyms: genus Testudo

    Type of: reptile genus

Scrabble score: 8 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with TE · words ending in DO · 7-letter words

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