turtledom

== English == === Etymology === From turtle +‎ -dom. === Noun === turtledom (uncountable) The state of being a turtle, or of belonging to the world of turtles; turtles, collectively. 1854, Henry David Thoreau, "A Newly Hatched Turtle", in Bradford Torrey, ed, The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Journal (1906), page 33: It does not so much impress me as an infantile beginning of life as an epitome of all the past of turtledom and of the earth. ==== Related terms ==== reptiledom