Tortoise

The word tortoise (from English tortoise [ ˈtɔ: təs ] or Latin tartaruchus or Greek ταρταροῦχος - from Tartaros ) means " tortoise ". It describes the following terms:

• The instrumental band Tortoise (band)
• The British Tortoise (Panzer) heavy tank
• The Tortoise Hill on the James Ross Island in Antarctica

Tortoise is also part of the name of several graphical user interfaces for different version management :

• TortoiseCVS for CVS
• TortoiseSVN for Subversion
• TortoiseHg for Mercurial
• TortoiseGit for Git
• TortoiseBZR for Bazaar
• TortoiseDarcs for Darcs

See also:

• Tortoiseshell, see tortoiseshell
• Tortex , plastic
• Tortulon, plastic from Schildkröt
• Hare and Tortoise, board game, see rabbit and hedgehog

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.