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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turtle \Tur"tle\, n. [AS. turtle, L. turtur probably of
imitative origin. Cf {Turtle} the sea tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.)
The turtledove.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turtle \Tur"tle\, n. [Probably the same word as the word
preceding, and substituted (probably by sailors) for the
Spanish or Portuguese name cf Sp tortuga tortoise, turtle,
Pg tartaruga also F. tortue, and E. tortoise.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
turtle
n : any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell
and flipper-like limbs for swimming
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