"World Turtle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: World Turtles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=World Turtle}} World Turtle (plural World Turtles)
  1. The mythical giant sea turtle or tortoise that upholds the World in various cosmologies. Categories (topical): Mythological creatures Synonyms: world turtle Translations (a mythical giant turtle): Bedawang (Balinese), Bedawang Nala (Balinese), 鰲 /鳌 (áo) (Chinese Mandarin), अकूपार (ákūpāra) (Sanskrit), Світова черепаха (Svitova čerepaxa) (Ukrainian)
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          "code": "ban",
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      "code": "ban",
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