English Explanatory Dictionary

shellpad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A turtle or tortoise.

Word forms

shellpad shell-pad shell padde shelpad shilpad shellpot

Etymology

From earlier shell padde, equivalent to shell + pad (“toad”). Compare Saterland Frisian Skildpudde (“turtle, tortoise”), West Frisian skyldpod (“tortoise”), Middle Dutch schildpadde (Dutch schildpad, Afrikaans skilpad), Middle Low German schildpadde, Danish skildpadde. See also shield-toad.

Derived words

shell-paddock
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