Turtle (disambiguation)
Appearance
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A turtle is a reptile, most of whose body is shielded by a special bony or cartilaginous shell.
Turtle(s) may also refer to:
Bird
[edit]- European turtle dove (archaic name: turtle)
Computing
[edit]- Turtle (robot), a class of educational robots used most prominently in the 1970s and 1980s
- Turtle (syntax), a Terse RDF Triple language
- Turtle F2F, a tool for exchanging content in an anonymous and secure way over a friend-to-friend (F2F) network
- Turtle graphics, using a relative cursor, the "turtle"
- Turtles, small values near the end of the list in sorting; See Comb sort
Entertainment
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Turtle (comics), in DC Comics, two antagonists of The Flash
- Turtle (Entourage), a character in the HBO television series
- The Great and Powerful Turtle, or "The Turtle", a character in the Wild Cards novels
- Turtle, a character in Barbara Kingsolver's novels, The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven
Gaming
[edit]- Turtle (game term), a defensive gaming strategy
- Turtles (video game), a 1981 arcade game by Konami
- Turtle Entertainment, a German esports organiser
Music
[edit]- The Turtles, an American folk-rock band, known for their 1967 song "Happy Together"
- Turtles (South Korean band), a K-Hip-Hop band
- "Turtle", a 2017 song by Twice from the album Twicetagram
Other media
[edit]- Turtle (magazine), a 1979–2014 American bi-monthly for preschoolers
- Turtle: The Incredible Journey, a 2009 German–British–Austrian documentary
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a superhero franchise
Places
[edit]- Turtle Mountain (Alberta), Canada
United States
[edit]- Turtle, Missouri, a ghost town
- Turtle, Wisconsin, a town
- Turtle Mountains (California)
- Turtle Mound, a prehistoric archaeological site in Florida
- Turtle Pond, Central Park, Manhattan, New York
- The Turtle, a former Native American center in Niagara Falls, New York
- Rio Turtle or Turtle Rock, West Virginia
Retail brands
[edit]- Turtle's Records & Tapes, a defunct American retail chain
- Turtles (chocolate), a type of candy trademarked by DeMet's Candy Company
Watercraft
[edit]- Turtle (submersible), the first military diving bell, built during the American Revolutionary War
- DSV Turtle, a retired ocean research submersible of the US Navy
Other uses
[edit]- Turtle beans
- Botts' dots, often called turtles in Washington and Oregon
- Turtle, a member of the Ancient Order of Turtles, or Turtle Club
- Turtle, a member of NASA Astronaut Group 22
- Turtle, a type of spinning float, a breakdancing move
People named Turtle
[edit]- John Turtle (1937–2024), Australian academic and endocrinologist
- Roger Turtle (fl. 1326–1344), English politician
- Tommy Turtle (1950–2020), a British Army officer from Ireland
- Turtle Bunbury (born 1972), Irish historian and author
See also
[edit]- TIRTL, a traffic logger and speed measurement device
- Turtling (disambiguation)
- Chelys, an ancient Greek lyre meaning "Turtle" or "Tortoise"
- All pages with titles beginning with Turtle