tortoise

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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

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turtle

any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming