turtleback

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Synonyms: turtle back, turtleneck, turtlebacks

Antonyms: turtle back, turtleneck, turtlebacks

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Noun

1. Anything having the shape of a [[turtle]]'s back (that is, its shell).
2. {{lb|en|ship parts}} A [[convex]] [[deck]] at the [[bow]] or [[stern]] of a [[vessel]], designed to [[shed]] [[seawater]] [[quickly]].
3. {{lb|en|military|ship parts}} An [[armor]] [[layout]] with an armored [[deck]] which [[slope]]s [[downwards]] towards the sides of the ship and connects to the lower edge of the main [[belt]] armor, designed to [[deflect]] [[shell]]s [[strike|striking]] the ship on [[trajectory|trajectories]] close to [[horizontal]].
4. A [[primitive]] [[stone]] [[celt]] of a form suggesting the back of a turtle.
5. A [[library]] [[binding]] of a [[mass-market|mass market]] [[paperback]] with a [[generic]] [[hardcover]].
6. Any plant of the genus {{taxfmt|Psathyrotes|genus}} of [[annual]] and [[perennial]] [[forb]]s and low [[subshrub]]s native to dry areas of [[southwestern]] [[North America]].

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