tortoises
- plural of tortoise.
Example Sentences
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The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are famous for animals found nowhere else on Earth, including giant tortoises and marine iguanas.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
Fish and Wildlife Service protocols to identify tortoises and instead used less rigorous procedures, said Evan Levy, attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Then he secretly purchases a passel of tortoises; constructs a long-handled grabber; leans down from his balcony; extracts Alfie; and, each week, substitutes a slightly heavier impostor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuador's famed Galapagos archipelago where they disappeared more than a century ago.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
The tortoises nibbled at the lettuce leaf Victor was holding out to them.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
