វគ្គជំនាញកុំព្យូទ័រ
ចំណេះដឹងទូទៅ
ម្ហូបអាហារ
កំប្លែង
ទស្សន៍ទាយ
តូច
មធ្យម
ធំ
Testudo
Same as:
tortoise
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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
.
2.
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
.
3.
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
.