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desert tortoises

desert tortoises is the plural of desert tortoise.

Meaning of desert tortoise

Noun

desert tortoise (plural desert tortoises)

  1. (US) either of two species of tortoise native to the deserts of the southwest United States and northwestern Mexico, Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai

Questions about desert tortoises

What is desert tortoises the plural of?
Desert tortoises is the plural of desert tortoise.

Words near desert tortoises in the dictionary

  1. desert tea
  2. desert teas
  3. desert the diet
  4. desert tomato
  5. desert tortoise
  6. desert tortoises
  7. desert truffle
  8. desert truffles
  9. desert varnish
  10. desert varnishes
  11. Desert View Highlands

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