a form of shelter used by the ancient Roman Army for protection against attack from above, consisting either of a mobile arched structure or of overlapping shields held by the soldiers over their heads
Word origin
C17: from Latin: a tortoise, from testa a shell
Examples of 'testudines' in a sentence
testudines
We recorded 39 species: 23 snakes, eight lizards, four testudines, three amphisbaenians and one crocodilian.
Gilberto Filho, Laura Verrastro 2012, 'Reptiles of the Parque Estadual de Itapuã, state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil',Check Listhttps://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18513/download/pdf/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)