giant tortoise
any of several large tortoises of the genus Geochelone, of the Galápagos Islands and islands near Madagascar: some are endangered.
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Nor did he care to consider such examples of longevity as the giant tortoise and the Yellow Leaf.
A Drake by George! | John TrevenaBaguian is famed throughout those seas as a rookery for the giant tortoise—testudo elephantopus.
Where the Strange Trails Go Down | E. Alexander PowellThe giant tortoise was clearing the kitchen garden of young lettuces; the monkeys were collecting entomological specimens.
A Drake by George! | John TrevenaThe giant tortoise had transferred itself to his garden, having apparently engaged a wheelbarrow for that purpose.
A Drake by George! | John TrevenaThe enormous flatboat, that Suzanne had likened to a giant tortoise, darted now like an arrow, dragged by the current.
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British Dictionary definitions for giant tortoise
any of various very large tortoises of the genus Testudo, of the Galápagos, Seychelles, and certain other islands, weighing up to 225 kilograms (495 lbs.)
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