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Sculptured tortoise

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Sculptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sculpturing}.]
   To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or
   metal; to carve; to engrave.

   {Sculptured tortoise} (Zo["o]l.), a common North American
      wood tortoise ({Glyptemys insculpta}). The shell is marked
      with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
      figures.
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