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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small chrysomelid beetles having spiny larvae and a domed body shaped somewhat like that of a tortoise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leaf-beetle of the family Cassididæ: so called from the projecting elytra and prothorax, which suggest the carapace of a tortoise.
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