"testudo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: testudos [plural], testudoes [plural], testudines [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|testūdō||tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter}} Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|testudoes|testudines}} testudo (plural testudos or testudoes or testudines)
  1. (Ancient Rome, military, historical) A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads. Tags: Ancient-Rome, historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Military Synonyms: sheltron Translations (shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads): kilpikonnamuodostelma (Finnish), черепа́ха (čerepáxa) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-testudo-en-noun-hrKZX0xL Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads': 81 11 1 4 3
  2. A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc.
    Sense id: en-testudo-en-noun-HFiC413z
  3. (anatomy) The fornix. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-testudo-en-noun-qtjs2O~y Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  4. (music) A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-testudo-en-noun-CPMl0bVw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 16 5 33 22 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  5. (pathology) An encysted tumour. Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-testudo-en-noun-89EJYpYY Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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