English noun: desert tortoise | |||
| 1. | desert tortoise (animal) burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates | ||
| Synonyms | Gopherus agassizii | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tortoise | ||
| Member meronym | genus Gopherus, Gopherus | ||