Mascot of the University of Maryland, College Park.
Type genus of the Testudinidae.
Отсутствуют примеры синонимов
1 Rhinitis is a common condition of captive Mediterranean tortoises ( Testudo species).
2 The form was oblong; the middle was an open space to walk in, called Testudo , and which we now call the nave.
3 I will first describe the habits of the tortoise ( Testudo nigra, formerly called Indica), which has been so frequently alluded to.
4 The end of the Testudo was curved, like the apse of some of our churches, and was called Tribunal, from causes being heard there.
5 They used the testudo formation to mount a siege wall.
6 The testudo , a wooden shelter, was also used, large enough to contain several men.
7 Invisible animals took it up, particle by particle, to build a testudo , a traveling house, for themselves.
8 The men pulled their swords, standing next to one another as if about to fall into testudo formation.
9 Some are casting missiles, others, forming a testudo , advance to the attack; fresh men by turns relieve the wearied.
10 And there were two testudos , covers of overlapping shields that the Romans wheeled up to walls to defend themselves from attackers.
11 At first they were sheltered by baskets and hurdles, afterwards by a testudo , or wooden house running upon wheels and roofed with thick planks.
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