turtle.

But it is a replica of something that is called the turtle.

CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2007 2007

Nigh the sea-shore vast quantities of oysters, crabs, shrimps, _&c. _ may be taken, and sometimes a kind of turtle.

An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt

With Asa Gray, who liked him at once, he stopped at Princeton, "a small town half a day's journey from New York, and the seat of a considerable university," where outside the town he found a rare kind of turtle.

Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz 1939

We caught a large terrapin in the river, which is one kind of turtle.

The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published 1841

"dog fashion" and back-handed on his back, and if he could float and tread water and "turtle."

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887

Although, come to think of it, he had investigated at least one case of death by falling turtle. . .

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010

The insult translated into something like, “You son of a turtle.” laughs That was as close to a dirty word or insult.

Into the Rising Sun Patrick K. O’Donnell 2002