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elephantine tortoises

elephantine tortoises is the plural of elephantine tortoise.

Meaning of elephantine tortoise

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.

Questions about elephantine tortoises

What is elephantine tortoises the plural of?
Elephantine tortoises is the plural of elephantine tortoise.

Words near elephantine tortoises in the dictionary

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

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