Tanım
•turtle (any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body) · tortoise (any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae or the order Testudines, whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron)) · terrapin (any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water)
Etimoloji
First attested in 1848. From teknős (“testacean”) + -c (noun-forming suffix).