turtle vs tortoise
Definitions
noun
- a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
verb
- hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
- overturn accidentally
Examples
The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ...
Close to the mangroves a big hawksbill turtle surfaced then lay motionless in the sunshine, no doubt sunbathing.
A turtle eating the insect that eats the leaf makes a chain of two.
Definitions
noun
- usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
Examples
It shows a stag hunt, accompanied by more unlikely woodland animals such as a monkey and a tortoise.
Cascades of earls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds and tortoiseshell hatpins, 76 items in all, poured out.
Hey its not the mayfly its the gastrotrich (its an aquatic animal) that lives for only three days ... the longest is the tortoise (177 years) ... pls can anyone tell a SI unit named after a women scientist?????? plzzz? what is the name of the condition in which haemoglobin content gets decreased? en Español
