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- Dictionarytortoise/ˈtɔːtəs/
noun
- 1. a slow-moving typically herbivorous land reptile of warm climates, enclosed in a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and thick legs.
- 2. another term for testudo
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an animal with a thick, hard shell that it can move its head and legs into for protection. It eats plants, moves very slowly, and sleeps during the winter. A desert tortoise would not survive in a rainforest habitat. Although most tortoises do not eat meat, their bodies do provide meat for others.
Tortoises (/ ˈtɔːrtəs.ɪz / TOR-təs-iz) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats.
Tortoise definition: a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.. See examples of TORTOISE used in a sentence.
Definition of tortoise noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Any of various terrestrial turtles, especially one of the family Testudinidae, characteristically having thick clublike hind limbs and a high, rounded carapace. 2. One that moves slowly; a laggard.
A tortoise is a turtle, but a turtle isn't necessarily a tortoise! While most turtles are excellent swimmers and spend much of their time in the water, tortoises are full-time land dwellers. Their shells are more rounded than those of the typical turtle, and they don't have webbed feet.
tortoise, (family Testudinidae), any member of the turtle family Testudinidae. Formerly, the term tortoise was used to refer to any terrestrial turtle. The testudinids are easily recognized because all share a unique hind-limb anatomy made up of elephantine (or cylindrical) hind limbs and hind feet; each digit in their forefeet and hind feet ...
A tortoise is a slow-moving animal with a shell into which it can pull its head and legs for protection.
A tortoise is a slow-moving animal with a shell into which it can pull its head and legs for protection. [...]
tortoise meaning: an animal with a thick, hard shell that it can move its head and legs into for protection. Learn more.
