| NOUN | animal | Texas tortoise | close relative to the desert tortoise |
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| Meaning | Close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates. | |
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| Member of | Gopherus, genus Gopherus | gopher tortoises |
| Broader | tortoise | usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs |
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