Meanings
nountestudo (plural testudos or testudoes or testudines)
plural testudos · plural testudoes · plural testudines
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
Similar
nounA chelys (kind of lyre)
Similar
chelys lyre
Also see
Origin
- Latintestūdō“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”
- Englishtestudo
Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”).
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Finnish kilpikonnamuodostelma
- kilpikonnamuodostelmashelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads
Russian черепа́ха
- черепа́ха (čerepáxa)shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads
Spanish testudo
- testudoshelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads
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APA
testudo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testudo
MLA
“testudo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testudo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “testudo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testudo.
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