Turtle vs Cow - What's the difference?
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Any land or marine reptile of the order (l), characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body.
(Australia, British) A sea turtle.
(military) An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
(computing) A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
(computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
* 1997 , Brian Harvey, Computer Science Logo Style: Symbolic computing
(printing, historical) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
* 1919 , Iowa Highway Commission, Service Bulletin, Issues 15-32?, page 48
To turn and swim upside down.
* 2009 , Amy Waeschle, Chasing Waves: A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering? , page 149
To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
* 1973 , Bernard Nietschmann, Between Land and Water: The Subsistence Ecology of the Miskito Indians , page 153
(video games) To build up a large defense force and strike only punctually, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
A turtle dove.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.8:
A female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf.
More generally, any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age.
The meat of such animals as food (more commonly called beef).
The female of larger species of mammal, including bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
(derogatory, informal) A woman who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly, argumentative, mean or spiteful.
(informal) Anything that is annoyingly difficult, awkward or graceless.
(informal) A conniption fit or hissy fit; a state of agitation .
(mining) A wedge or brake to stop a machine or car; a chock.
To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
* Shakespeare
(UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
* 1836 , Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers ?
In computing terms the difference between turtle and cow
is that turtle is an on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing while cow is acronym of w:Copy-on-write|copy-on-write|lang=en.As nouns the difference between turtle and cow
is that turtle is any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body while cow is a female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf.As verbs the difference between turtle and cow
is that turtle is to flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down while cow is to intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. Found primarily in the passive voice.As a proper noun Turtle
is a river in Saskatchewan, Canada.As an acronym COW is
acronym of w:Copy-on-write|copy-on-write|lang=en.turtle
English
(wikipedia turtle)Etymology 1
Modification of (etyl) tortue (probably under the influence of (turtledove)). See (tortoise) for more.Noun
(en noun)- Depending on which version of Logo you have, the turtle may look like an actual animal with a head and four legs or — as in Berkeley Logo — it may be represented as a triangle.
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)Derived terms
* African helmeted turtle * Afro-American sideneck turtle * Alabama red-bellied turtle * alligator turtle, alligator-turtle * American turtle * Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles * Arakan forest turtle * Australian short-necked turtle * Austro-American sideneck turtle * black marsh turtle * black turtle bean * Blanding's turtle * bog turtle * box turtle, box-turtle * chicken turtle, chicken-turtle * common snakeneck turtle * cooter turtle * diamond-backed turtle * dragon turtle * eastern long-neck turtle * Fitzroy River turtle * flatback turtle * Florida redbelly turtle * Fly River turtle * golden coin turtle * gopher turtle * greaved turtle * Greenland turtle * green turtle * have a turtle's head * hawk-billed turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, hawk's-bill turtle, hawksbill turtle * horned turtle * land turtle * leaf turtle * leather turtle * leatherback turtle * leather-turtle * leathery turtle * loggerhead turtle, logger-headed turtle * lyre turtle * Madagascan big-headed turtle * map turtle * marine turtle * marsh turtle * mata mata turtle, matamata turtle * Mary River turtle * mock turtle * mock turtle soup * mud turtle * musk turtle * New Guinea snakeneck turtle * Olive Ridley turtle * painted turtle * pancake turtle * pig-nosed turtle, pig-nose turtle, pignose turtle * pitted-shelled turtle * plateless turtle * Plymouth redbelly turtle * pond turtle * purple turtler * red-bellied turtle * river turtle * roofed turtle * sea turtle, sea-turtle * side-necked turtle * silver stater with a turtle * snake-eating turtle * snake-necked turtle * snapping turtle, snapping-turtle * soft-shelled turtle, soft-shell turtle, softshell turtle * spiny turtle * spotted turtle * toad-headed turtle * twisted-necked turtle * tortoise-shell turtle * trunk turtle, trunk-turtle * turn the turtle * turn turtle * turning turtles * turtle-back, turtleback * turtle bean * turtleburger * turtle-corral * turtle cowrie, turtle cowry * turtle-crab * turtle-crawl * turtle-deck * turtledom * turtle-egging * turtle excluder device * turtle-footed * turtle-frolic * turtle graphics * turtle grass, turtle-grass * turtle-head, turtlehead * turtle hull * turtle-insect * turtle-kraal * turtle neck, turtle-neck, turtleneck * turtle peg, turtle-peg * turtle-press * turtler * turtle racing * turtles all the way down * turtle shell * turtle ship * turtle soup * turtle stone * turtle-shell * turtle-soup * turtle-stone * turtlet * turtle trade * turtle-twine * turtling * turtly * water turtle * western swamp turtle * wood turtleVerb
(turtl)- Were speeding when car turtled' Auto crashed into curb and ' turtled .
- I turtled my board beneath it, flipped upright, and started paddling again.
- Of these, 80 turtled' (65%), 26 hunted and ' turtled (20%), and 18 hunted (15%).
See also
* chelonian * hatchling (turtle young) * terrapin * tortoise * (Turtle)Etymology 2
(etyl) turtla, ultimately from (etyl) , of imitative origin.Noun
(en noun)- The same he tooke, and with a riband new, / In which his Ladies colours were, did bind / About the turtles neck .
Derived terms
* turtle-bird * turtle dove, turtle-dove, turtledove * turtleish, turtlish * turtleise, turtlise, turtleize, turtlizecow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia cow) (en-noun) (see usage notes)- That website is a real cow to navigate.
- (Knight)
Usage notes
The plural cows is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while cattle is used in a more collective sense. The umlaut plurals ky, kye and kine are archaic and no longer in common use.Synonyms
* bitch * bastard, bitch, bugger (UK)Antonyms
* (female domesticated ox or other bovine) bullSee also
* (meat) chicken, pig, pork, goat, lamb, muttonDerived terms
(terms derived from "cow") * cowboy * cow catcher, cowcatcher * cow corner * cowgirl * cowherd * cowmilk, cow milk * cowpoke * cowpool * cowpuncher * cowshed * cow shot * cow tipping * cash cow * have a cow * holy cow * sacred cowSee also
* * beef * bovine * bull * calf * cattle * heifer * steer * low * moo * ox * vealEtymology 2
Probably from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Con artists are not cowed by the law.
- To vanquish a people already cowed .
Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- Who could live to gaze from day to day on bricks and slates, who had once felt the influence of a scene like this? Who could continue to exist, where there are no cows but the cows on the chimneypots; nothing redolent of Pan but pan-tiles;