Slow, Land-Dwelling Reptile With a Hard Shell
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Treasure Island, Group 1024, Puzzle 5 (Captain Smollett).
Question is: Slow, Land-Dwelling Reptile With a Hard Shell
and the answer is: TORTOISE
Word Meaning:
TORTOISE — Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.
Definitions from Wiktionary.