tortoise (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *tortoise*:
NOUN	animal	tortoise	usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs

tortoise > pronunciation
Sounds	tao'rtahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *tortoise*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide / worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica.
Member of	Testudinidae, family Testudinidae	Land tortoises
Narrower	European tortoise, Testudo graeca	small land tortoise of southern Europe
	Texas tortoise	Close relative to the desert tortoise
	desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii	burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico
	giant tortoise	Very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
	gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, gopher, Gopherus polypemus	burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
Broader	turtle	Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming / swimming
Spanish	morrocoy, tortuga de tierra, tortuga, tortuga terrestre
Catalan	tortuga de terra, tortuga

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