testudo in English
noun
1
(in ancient Rome) a screen on wheels and with an arched roof, used to protect besieging troops.
It was usually the same men in each testudo as each had to know exactly where he was to be placed.
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1. The olive ridley was first described as Testudo mydas minor, Suckhow, 1798.
2. In lung expiants of a cold blooded animal (Testudo graeca) the adenovirus types 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 could be successfully cultured.
3. Forming a testudo—the devise of locking their shields over their heads to protect themselves—the Roman soldiers undermined the wall and attempted to set fire to the gate.