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Answer for the clue "Tortoises and turtles ", 10 letters:
testudines

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Testudo \Tes*tu"do\, n.; pl. Testudines . [L., from testa the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such ...

Usage examples of testudines.

None of the asteroids that make up the Testudines is very large, and strangers stand out.

Corpses sprawled, bloated, discolored, amidst entrails and clotted blood, broken weapons, ruins of crude testudines under which the barbarians had tried to storm the gates.