English noun: tortoise | |||
1. | tortoise (animal) usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica | ||
Broader (hypernym) | turtle | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | desert tortoise, European tortoise, giant tortoise, gopher, gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, Gopherus agassizii, Gopherus polypemus, Testudo graeca, Texas tortoise | ||
Member meronym | family Testudinidae, Testudinidae | ||