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tortoise

DEFINITIONS OF: tortoise

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n usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica

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European tortoise, Testudo graeca
small land tortoise of southern Europe
giant tortoise
very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
Gopherus polypemus, gopher, gopher tortoise, gopher turtle
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
Gopherus agassizii, desert tortoise
burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
Texas tortoise
close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
Type of:
turtle
any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
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