testudinate (te-STOOD-in-ayt) adjective, also testudinal or testudinarian
1. Slow-moving, like a turtle.
2. Curved like the carapace (shell) of a turtle; vaulted.
noun
A turtle.
-- Sajjad Lateef email: sajjad <at> acm.org Chicago, IL web: http://www.lateef.org/sajjad/
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