testudinariousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌtɛsˌtjuːdɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌtɛsˌtjudəˈnɛɹi.əs/
• 韻: -ɛəɹi.əs

形容詞

testudinarious (comparative more testudinarious, superlative most testudinarious)

1. (zoology) Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.
   • 2011, Angela Huth, Sun Child:

     But the mists had not managed to suck from them their testudinarious colours.

2. (rare) tortoise-like
   • 1984, Ted A. Rathbun, Jane E. Buistra, Human Identification: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology:

     at times the watching throng of newspersons and police became decidedly impatient with our testudinarious pace

参照

• “testudinarious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.