"turtledom" meaning in All languages combined

See turtledom on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From turtle + -dom. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|turtle|dom}} turtle + -dom Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} turtledom (uncountable)
  1. The state of being a turtle, or of belonging to the world of turtles; turtles, collectively. Tags: uncountable Related terms: reptiledom
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          "ref": "1854, Henry David Thoreau, \"A Newly Hatched Turtle\", in Bradford Torrey, ed, The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Journal (1906), page 33",
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