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elephantine tortoise

elephantine tortoise noun: a huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.

Noun

elephantine tortoise (plural elephantine tortoises)

  1. A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.

Forms of elephantine tortoise

pluralelephantine tortoises

Questions about elephantine tortoise

What does elephantine tortoise mean?
Elephantine tortoise means a huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.
What part of speech is elephantine tortoise?
Elephantine tortoise is a noun.
What is the plural of elephantine tortoise?
The plural of elephantine tortoise is elephantine tortoises.

Words near elephantine tortoise in the dictionary

  1. elephantids
  2. elephantimorph
  3. elephantimorphs
  4. elephantin
  5. elephantine
  6. elephantine tortoise
  7. elephantine tortoises
  8. elephantinely
  9. elephantish
  10. elephantitis
  11. elephantitus

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