shield-toad
shield-toad · shield-toads
A turtle or tortoiseA turtle or tortoise.
Meaning
1 senses(nonstandard, rare)A turtle or tortoise.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:shield-toad.
Origin
From shield + toad. Compare shellpad, shell-paddock. Compare also West Frisian skyldpod (“From shield + toad. Compare shellpad, shell-paddock. Compare also West Frisian skyldpod (“tortoise”, literally “shield-toad”), Dutch schildpad (“tortoise”, literally “shield-toad”), German Schildkröte (“tortoise”, literally “shield-toad”), Swedish sköldpadda (“tortoise”), Icelandic sjaldbaka (“turtle”, literally “shield-back”).
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