any slow-moving plant-eating land reptile of the family Testudinidae, encased in a hard shell, into which it can retract its head and thick legs; a tortoise.

(myth.) one of the nine treasures of Kubēra, the Regent for wealth.

a container, with a long tube, in which liquor is distilled; a retort.

a disease of the palate.

a female tortoise.

a kind of Indian lute which has a tortoise-like gourd at one end.

a skin disease causing a discoloured patch or blemish.