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• turtle-ling, turtling

語源

From turtle +‎ -ling.

名詞

turtleling (複数形 turtlelings)

1. A small, young, or baby turtle.
   • 1912, William Vaughn Moody, The poems and plays of William Vaughn Moody:

     Drowsy with dawn, barely asail, Buzzes the blue-bottle over the shale, Scared from the pool by the leaping trout; And the brood of turtlings clamber out On the log by their oozy house.

   • 1997, Sportdiving magazine - Volumes 59-64 - Page 94:

     The turtle-lings, kept in safety until they are three months old, are then released into the wild.

   • 2012, Alexandra de Vries, Shawn Blore, Frommer's Brazil:

     Fifty days later, more or less, the little turtlings hatch, dig their way up through the sand, and make a mad scramble to the sea.