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turtlelike

Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a turtle.

Etymologies

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turtle +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Soon they were reduced to a turtlelike lumber, their sharp trotters sinking almost to the hilt.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • I hate this place, I muttered, pulling my sweatshirt neck up over my mouth, turtlelike.

    What Would Emma Do? Eileen Cook 2008

  • I hate this place, I muttered, pulling my sweatshirt neck up over my mouth, turtlelike.

    What Would Emma Do? Eileen Cook 2008

  • I hate this place, I muttered, pulling my sweatshirt neck up over my mouth, turtlelike.

    What Would Emma Do? Eileen Cook 2008

  • She tried to glean some sense of his reaction, but his face, a leathery olive mask marked by a turtlelike beak and deep amber orbs for eyes, betrayed nothing.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • She tried to glean some sense of his reaction, but his face, a leathery olive mask marked by a turtlelike beak and deep amber orbs for eyes, betrayed nothing.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Christy wanted to leap over the desk and choke the haughty cow until her turtlelike face turned blue and her bug eyes popped out of their sockets.

    Wife in the Fast Lane Karen Quinn 2007

  • She tried to glean some sense of his reaction, but his face, a leathery olive mask marked by a turtlelike beak and deep amber orbs for eyes, betrayed nothing.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

  • Christy wanted to leap over the desk and choke the haughty cow until her turtlelike face turned blue and her bug eyes popped out of their sockets.

    Wife in the Fast Lane Karen Quinn 2007

  • She tried to glean some sense of his reaction, but his face, a leathery olive mask marked by a turtlelike beak and deep amber orbs for eyes, betrayed nothing.

    Reap the Whirlwind David Mack 2007

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