Mock Turtle
Faux reptile soup
A Mock Turtle is a character from Lewis Carroll's *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*—a melancholy creature with the head and tail of a calf and the body of a turtle, who weeps constantly while telling his sad history.
The name plays on mock turtle soup, a Victorian dish that imitated turtle soup using calf parts instead of actual turtle.
He sat there looking as mournful as the Mock Turtle.
- AliceCommon female name
- soupCooked liquid dish
- gryphonLegendary winged lion
- lobsterLarge marine shellfish
- quadrilleSquare dance for eight
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- Lewis CarrollJabberwocky, Alice in Wonderland, Cheshire, Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty
Mock Turtlegreen turtle
Oceanic shelled reptile
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