GIANT TORTOISE
Dictionary entry overview: What does giant tortoise mean? • GIANT TORTOISE (noun)
The noun GIANT TORTOISE has 1 sense:
1. very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
Familiarity information: GIANT TORTOISE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GIANT TORTOISE (noun)
Meaning:
Very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("giant tortoise" is a kind of...):
tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)
Holonyms ("giant tortoise" is a member of...):
genus Testudo; Testudo (type genus of the Testudinidae)
genus Geochelone; Geochelone (giant tortoises)
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