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C virgata 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata,
especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises
are also called turtles.
2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a
type-revolving cylinder press.
Alligator turtle, Box turtle, etc. See under Alligator,
Box, etc.
green turtle (Zo["o]l.), a marine turtle of the genus
Chelonia, having usually a smooth greenish or
olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy
of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup.
Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which
(Chelonia Midas) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic
Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more;
the other (C. virgata) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both
species are similar in habits and feed principally on
seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle
grass.
Turtle cowrie (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowrie
(Cypr[ae]a testudinaria); the turtle-shell; so called
because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color
and form.
Turtle grass (Bot.), a marine plant (Thalassia
testudinum) with grasslike leaves, common about the West
Indies.
Turtle shell, tortoise shell. See under Tortoise.
Nyctipthecus trivirgatus Durukuli Du`ru*ku"li, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus
trivirgatus). [Written also douroucouli.]
Virgate Virgate Vir"gate, a. [L. virgatus made of twigs, fr. virga a
twig, rod. See Verge a rod.] (Bot.)
Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and
slender.
Virgate Virgate Vir"gate, n. [LL. virgata, virgata terrae, so much
land as virga terrae, a land measure, contains, fr. L. virga
a twig, rod.]
A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty
acres. [Obs.] --T. Warton.
Virgated Virgated Vir"ga*ted, a. [L. virgatus striped. See Virgate,
a.]
Striped; streaked. [Obs.]
