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 ...
He tugged at the neck of his turtleneck sweater feeling like it was a noose tightening with each attack.
Close to the mangroves a big hawksbill turtle surfaced then lay motionless in the sunshine, no doubt sunbathing.
Definitions
noun
- usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
Examples
Cascades of earls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds and tortoiseshell hatpins, 76 items in all, poured out.
He is the author of well over 100 research publications including journal articles, book chapters, and six books on desert grassland, the cacti of Sonora, the Sonoran desert tortoise, and packrat middens and the paleoecology of the southwestern deserts.
It shows a stag hunt, accompanied by more unlikely woodland animals such as a monkey and a tortoise.
