Turtle

Turtle (a corruption of tortoise, or of the Spanish tortuga, 'a tortoise'), any tortoise, but especially the edible Green Turtle (see TORTOISE), prized for the soup made from its flesh, chief glory of aldermanic banquets. Calipash is the part of the animal that belongs to the upper shield, a fatty gelatinous substance of a dull greenish colour; calipee, the yellowish meat of the lower shield. 'Mock Turtle' is made of calf's head in lieu of turtle meat.