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tortoise::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | turtle |
| Has types | european tortoise, giant tortoise, gopher, gopher tortoise, desert tortoise, gopherus agassizii, gopherus polypemus, gopher turtle, testudo graeca, texas tortoise |
Examples of tortoise
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Giovani, a 6-year-old African tortoise about the size of a basketball, survived.
From the sfgate.com
Another, New York's Rina Banerjee, works in tortoise shells, beads and parasols.
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Lonesome George, the last giant tortoise of his species, native of Pinta Island.
From the theepochtimes.com
Now, tortoise eggs are collected, incubated and carefully monitored at the park.
From the dailyherald.com
So with the hare already racing away, is there any hope for the tortoise at all?
From the economist.com
That means, this new tortoise has half his genes in common with Lonesome George.
From the sciencedaily.com
They know Kaepernick has a pet tortoise and arms covered with religious tattoos.
From the sfgate.com
China's story is a rabbit versus tortoise fairytale, and it's played both parts.
From the forbes.com
It wasn't long ago that the Rams began games like the tortoise against the hare.
From the stltoday.com
- Usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
- Tortoises or land turtles are land-dwelling reptiles of the family of Testudinidae, order Testudines. Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. ...
- Tortoise is the debut studio album by Chicago instrumental rock band Tortoise, released in 1994 on the Thrill Jockey record label. The album is dedicated to the memory Michael F. ...
- Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1990.
- The Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise (A39) was a British heavy assault tank design developed in World War II but never put into mass production. It was developed for the task of clearing heavily fortified areas and as a result favoured armour protection over mobility.
- Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of family Testudinidae, whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators
- (tortoises) Feng-Shui decorating
- In China, a favorite symbol, and Confucius regarded it as sacred; in India the same veneration is given to it, for in one of the preceding manvantaras Vishnu is said in the Puranas to have taken the form of a tortoise to uphold the earth and its beings; his second avatara is called the Tortoise ...
- Tortoise shells were used as rattles and used in healing and fertility rituals by Iroquois dancers of North America. The noise of the rattle was believed to summon spirits to a ritual.
