turtle
part of speech
noun (a turtle, turtles)
meaning for a pupil
1) A turtle is a reptile with a hard shell on its back that covers its body; many turtles live in the sea or in rivers and ponds. tree →
2) In American English, turtle is often used for any animal with this kind of shell, including tortoises. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Turtle-doves were the cheap offerings of poorer people, brought as burnt-offerings or sin-offerings. In the Psalms Israel is called God's turtle-dove, weak and in need of protection. In the Song of Songs its voice is a sign of spring, and Jeremiah says it knows its season of migration. Interpretation: Tradition notes that the Torah allowed a poor person to bring a bird so everyone could offer something, and it honors what a person can afford. In the primary lessons: In science, turtles are reptiles: they are cold-blooded, breathe air and lay eggs on land; sea turtles swim thousands of kilometres. In environment lessons, plastic bags hurt sea turtles because they look like jellyfish. Phrases: sea turtle, turtle shell, turn turtle (turn upside down).
examples
- And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; (Torah LEV.14.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. (Torah LEV.1.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. (Torah LEV.14.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever. (Writings PSA.74.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; (Writings SNG.2.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD. (Prophets JER.8.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- The sea turtle laid her eggs in the sand. tree →
- Turtles pull their heads into their shells. tree →
- Baby turtles crawl to the sea at night. tree →
- A turtle must come up to breathe air. tree →
- Plastic in the ocean harms turtles. tree →
- Our class pet is a turtle called Speedy. tree →
- The boat turned turtle in the storm. tree →
- Turtles have no teeth but a sharp beak. tree →
- The movement, gentle though it was, woke the turtle. tree →
note
Countable. In the UK and Australia, turtle usually means one that lives in water, and tortoise one that lives on land; Americans may call both turtles. A turtle cannot climb out of its shell: the shell is part of its skeleton.
In the corpora
- And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for;
- O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.
- Many female sea turtles come back to lay eggs on the beach where they hatched; scientists think they remember its magnetic signature.
- The alligator snapping turtle lures fish with a pink worm-shaped flap on its tongue and then snaps its jaws shut.
- Sea turtles have lived in the oceans since the time of the dinosaurs.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «turtle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.