testudinal

Of, or relating to, tortoises.

Adjective

  1. Of, or relating to, tortoises.
  2. Resembling a tortoise.
    • ‘Your nightclubs. What do you say?’ He blinked slowly, like a tortoise. The clubs were worth twice that, at least. Another testudinal blink from Azzopardi. - 2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety, Doubleday, page 121:

Origin

From Latin testūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin testūdō, from testa.

Synonyms

testudinarious testudinate