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It was revisited as recently as 2007 with TMNT, a CGI version of the ass-kicking testudines.
2010 June : Chronicles Network: Science Fiction & Fantasy 2010
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It was revisited as recently as 2007 with TMNT, a CGI version of the ass-kicking testudines.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to return : Chronicles Network: Science Fiction & Fantasy 2010
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Well, there are for crocodilians and testudines, and also for a few charismatic groups such as chameleons and monitor lizards.
Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Well, there are for crocodilians and testudines, and also for a few charismatic groups such as chameleons and monitor lizards.
Harduns and toad-heads; a tale of arenicoly and over-looked convergence Darren Naish 2006
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Quintius in Livy said of the inhabitants of Peloponnesus, may be well applied to us, we are testudines testa sua inclusi, like so many tortoises in our shells, safely defended by an angry sea, as a wall on all sides.
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He concludes by noting that the variability of genome sizes in aves , is smaller than in squamata (lizards and snakes), and testudines (turtles, tortoises, and terrapins).
Public Rambling Pedro Beltrao 2007
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He concludes by noting that the variability of genome sizes in aves , is smaller than in squamata (lizards and snakes), and testudines (turtles, tortoises, and terrapins).
Archive 2007-04-01 Pedro Beltrao 2007
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Et sunt in hoc territorio testudines terribilis quantitatis, fitque de maioribus Regi ac nobilibus delicatus ac preciosus cibus: mentior, si non quasdam ibidem viderim testudinum conchas, in quarum vna se tres homines occultarent, suntque omnes multum albi coloris.
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Et sunt in hoc territorio testudines terribilis quantitatis, fitque de maioribus Regi ac nobilibus delicatus ac preciosus cibus: mentior, si non quasdam ibidem viderim testudinum conchas, in quarum vna se tres homines occultarent, suntque omnes multum albi coloris.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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What need I mention towers, vineæ, and testudines, and the other apparatus used in attacking towns?
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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