χελωνοφάγος

A. eating tortoises, name of an eagle or Lämmergeier, Hsch.

II. turtle-eaters, pr. 11. of a people on the Arabian Gulf, Str. 16.4.14, D.S. 3.21, etc.; on the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, Plin. HN 6.109, cf. 9.38, etc.