imbricated

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The reefs and beaches abounded with turtles of two kinds, the Mydas and a species of the Imbricated.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort

Imbricate, Imbricated, Imbricative, overlapping one another, like tiles or shingles on a roof, as the bud-scales of Horse-chestnut and Hickory, 27.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Imbricated covering of skin of Archegosaurus medius, Goldf.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Imbricate or Imbricated, in which the outer parts cover or overlap the inner so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof; whence the name.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa