turtler
English
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editturtler (plural turtlers)
- One who fishes for turtles or tortoises.[1]
- 1697, William Dampier, chapter V, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 108:
- Theſe Creatures [Galapagos turtles] are thought to live to a great Age; and it is obſerved by the Jamaica Turtlers, that they are many years before they come to their full growth.
- A kind of shell, the turtle cowrie (Chelycypraea testudinaria).
- (video games) One who turtles.
References
edit- ^ “turtler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.