| Tortoise 1. (n.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata. 2. (n.) Same as Testudo. 3. (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color. 4. (n.) a tortoise-shell cat. Thesaurus Entries alligator, crocodile, crocodilian, dawdle, dawdler, dinosaur, drone, foot-dragger, gator, goldbrick, goof-off, laggard, lie-abed, lingerer, lizard, loiterer, plodder, procrastinator, reptile, reptilian, saurian, sleepyhead, slow goer, slow-foot, slowbelly, slowpoke, slug, sluggard, snail, stick-in-the-mud, terrapin, turtle |