a. (sb.) [ad. late L. testūdināt-us, f. as prec.: see -ATE2 2.]

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  1.  Formed like a testudo; arched, vaulted.

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1847.  in Webster.

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  2.  Of or pertaining to tortoises.

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1850.  Broderip, Leaves Note-bk. Nat. (1852), 264. The various modifications of testudinate life.

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  B.  sb. A tortoise.

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1880.  Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.), IV. 454. Cope … enumerates 13 sea-saurians, 48 testudinates, and 50 sea serpents.

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  So Testudinated ppl. a. = sense 1 above.

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1727.  Bailey, vol. II., Testudinated,… vaulted, made like the Shell of a Tortoise.

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1822.  Mrs. E. Nathan, Langreath, II. 267. Smoky ceiling, testudinated with cobwebs.

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