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tortoise-shell

tortoise-shell: testūdinis pŭtāmen: to cut t. into thin plates, testudinum putamina in lamnas secare, Plin. 9, 11, 13. Also meton. testudo: Virg. G. 2, 463. Of t., testudĭneus: Tib.: Prop. Hence, testudinea, orum, articles made of t., Javol. Dig. 32, 100, § 4.

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