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Aldabra giant tortoise

Aldabra giant tortoise noun: a species of giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, found on the islands of the Aldabra atoll.

Noun

Aldabra giant tortoise (plural Aldabra giant tortoises)

  1. A species of giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, found on the islands of the Aldabra atoll.
    • In 2004, an Aldabra giant tortoise washed ashore in Tanzania, 740 km from home (Gerlach et al., 2006).20178, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 1 March

Forms of Aldabra giant tortoise

pluralAldabra giant tortoises

Questions about Aldabra giant tortoise

What does Aldabra giant tortoise mean?
Aldabra giant tortoise means a species of giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, found on the islands of the Aldabra atoll.
What part of speech is Aldabra giant tortoise?
Aldabra giant tortoise is a noun.
What is the plural of Aldabra giant tortoise?
The plural of Aldabra giant tortoise is Aldabra giant tortoises.

Words near Aldabra giant tortoise in the dictionary

  1. Ald.
  2. Alda
  3. Aldaba
  4. Aldabas
  5. Aldabra
  6. Aldabra giant tortoise
  7. Aldabra giant tortoises
  8. Aldabra rail
  9. Aldabra rails
  10. Aldaco
  11. Aldacos

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