noun
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any slow-moving plant-eating land reptile of the family Testudinidae, encased in a hard shell, into which it can retract its head and thick legs; a tortoise.
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(myth.) one of the nine treasures of Kubēra, the Regent for wealth.
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a container, with a long tube, in which liquor is distilled; a retort.
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a disease of the palate.