testudo in a sentence

Examples

1. Reptiles native to the sea include spur-thighed tortoise ( " Testudo graeca buxtoni " ) and Horsfield's tortoise.
2. Some tortoises in the genus " Testudo " also bear spurs, though these form on the femur rather than the foot.
3. When the battle is joined, Hotherus and his men save their missiles while defending themselves against those of the enemy with a testudo formation.
4. In the following year ( 1638 ), he was promoted to the chancellorship of the church of testudo " for assaulting the town.
5. ""'Platyphora testudo " "'is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.
6. He discovers and names the hitherto unknown species of giant tortoise " Testudo aubreii " on a remote and uninhabited island in the Indian Ocean.
7. 1836 illustration by Karl Brodtmann of " Testudo tabulata " from the book " Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen Der Reptilien " by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz
8. The Libyan population was described as " Testudo flavominimaralis " in the same publication which established " " F . " nabeulensis ".
9. Then ( on the ninth page ) he arrives at the first species in the volume, the Greek tortoise, " Testudo graeca ".
10. The Senones formed a testudo ( tortoise ) formation  where the men aligned their shields in a compact formation covered with shields at the front and top.