young turtle; baby turtle
Refers to a turtle or tortoise that is still young, often small and cute.
I found a baby turtle on the beach.
turtle shell; tortoise shell
The hard outer shell of a turtle or tortoise. Can also refer to the shell of a young turtle, but the term itself simply means 'turtle shell'.
I polished the turtle shell until it was clean.
tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush
Standard modern spelling.
Outdated kanji form using 龜, the old character for 亀.
Compound of 亀 (kame, 'turtle') + の (no, possessive particle) + 子 (ko, 'child'). Literally 'child of a turtle', referring to a young turtle or, by extension, its shell.