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shellpad.

A turtle or tortoise.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A turtle or tortoise.

    dialectal · no-plural · rare
Where this word comes from

From earlier shell padde, equivalent to shell + pad (“toad”). Compare Saterland Frisian Skildpudde (“turtle, tortoise”), West Frisian skyldpod (“tortoise”), Middle Dutch schildpadde (Dutch schildpad, Afrikaans skilpad), Middle Low German schildpadde, Danish skildpadde. See also shield-toad.

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