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Dict: smith - TORTOISE



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TORTOISE - T>@ - (Heb. tsab). The tsab occurs only in kjv@Leviticus:11:29) as the name of some unclean animal. The Hebrew word may be identified with the kindred Arabic dhab , "a large kind of lizard," which appears to be the Psommosaurus scincus of Cuvier.