tortoise
English Thesaurus
1. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | turtle, |
| definition | : | any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | giant tortoise, |
| definition | : | very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | desert tortoise, gopherus agassizii, |
| definition | : | burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | texas tortoise, |
| definition | : | close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates (noun.animal) |
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