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tortoise

Meaning of “tortoise”

A creeping creature covered with a shell.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
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First occurrence: Leviticus 11:29

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Leviticus 11:29
¶ These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 11:29 · retained source text

¶ These also shalbe vncleane vnto you, among the creeping things that creepe vpon the earth: the Weasell, and the Mouse, and the Tortois, after his kinde,

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A creeping animal covered with a shell.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 784