masculine
turtle
Kacchapa [Sanskrit kacchapa, dialect from °kaśyapa, original epithet of kumma, like magga of paṭipadā] a tortoise, turtle S IV 177 (kummo kacchapo); in simile of the blind turtle (kāṇo k.) M III 169 = S V 455; Thig 500 (cf. JPTS 1907, 73, 174). — feminine kacchapinī a female t. Miln 67. -lakkhaṇa "tortoise-sign," i.e. fortune-telling on the ground of a tortoise being found in a painting or an ornament; a superstition included in the list of tiracchāna-vijjā D I 9; Sv I 94; -loma "tortoise-hair," i.e. an impossibility, absurdity Ja III 477, cf. sasavisāṇa; -maya made of t. hair Ja III 478.
a turtle; a tortoise
【陽】 龜。
(masc, masc, comp) tortoise; turtle turtle, tortoise [lit.] drinking marsh Construction: kaccha + pa