testudinarious
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin testūdō (“tortoise”).
Adjective
edittestudinarious (comparative more testudinarious, superlative most testudinarious)
- (zoology) Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.
- 2011, Angela Huth, Sun Child:
- But the mists had not managed to suck from them their testudinarious colours.
- (rare) tortoise-like
- 1984, Ted A. Rathbun, Jane E. Buistra, Human Identification: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology:
- at times the watching throng of newspersons and police became decidedly impatient with our testudinarious pace
References
edit- “testudinarious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.