Crossword-Solution: TESTUDO
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Testudo | n. | A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States. |
| Testudo | n. | A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels. |
| Testudo | n. | A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise. |
Anagrams
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| TESTUDO | anagram | SEDUTTO |
We have 7 clues for the answer “TESTUDO”
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| Ancient Roman military shelter | 1 answer |
| Name of University of Maryland's mascot, a terrapin | 1 answer |
| Protective covering used by Roman troops | 1 answer |
| Roman siege device | 1 answer |
| Roman troop screen. | 1 answer |
| Roman-siege device | 1 answer |
| protective cover used by the ancient Roman army | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
OIMNTEO
Hint 3 another clue
A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with TESTUDO (5)
Genius, scattered in the masses, repressed in every quarter under feudalism as under a _testudo_ of brazen bucklers, finding no issue except in the direction of architecture,—gushed forth through that art, and its Iliads assumed the form of cathedrals.
The flaunting windows of the mercers attracted many a purchaser: the glittering panes behind which Birmingham had glazed its simulated silver, induced rustics to pause: although only noon, the savory odors of the Cook Shops tempted the over hungry citizen to the bun of Bath, or to the fragrant potage that mocks the turtle's flavor--the turtle! O dapibus suprimi grata testudo Jovis! I am an Alderman when I think of thee! Well: it was noon in Chepe.
Closely packed together, with their shields above their heads forming a sort of testudo or roof which protected them against the Saxons' arrows, they pressed forward in spite of the shower of missiles with which the Saxons on the walls assailed them.
The turtles are referred to the genus _Testudo,_ but have some affinity to _Emys._ On the whole, the Nebraska formation is probably newer than the Paris gypsum, and referable to the Lower Miocene period, as above defined.
Take a girl, endowed with gifts of music, well instructed in her art, with perfect ear, and read to her such a stanza with two words transposed, as, for instance-- Mercuri, nam te docilis magistro Movit Amphion _canendo lapides_, Tuque testudo resonare septem Callida nervis-- and she will find no halt in the rhythm.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Universal.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1964–2010).