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pancake tortoise

pancake tortoise noun: a flat-shelled species of tortoise, taxonomic name Malacochersus tornieri.

pancake tortoise: a flat-shelled species of tortoise, taxonomic name Malacochersus tornieri
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Noun

pancake tortoise (plural pancake tortoises)

  1. A flat-shelled species of tortoise, taxonomic name Malacochersus tornieri.

Forms of pancake tortoise

pluralpancake tortoises

Questions about pancake tortoise

What does pancake tortoise mean?
Pancake tortoise means a flat-shelled species of tortoise, taxonomic name Malacochersus tornieri.
What part of speech is pancake tortoise?
Pancake tortoise is a noun.
What is the plural of pancake tortoise?
The plural of pancake tortoise is pancake tortoises.

Words near pancake tortoise in the dictionary

  1. pancake sorting
  2. pancake syndrome
  3. pancake syrup
  4. pancake syrups
  5. pancake theorem
  6. pancake tortoise
  7. pancake tortoises
  8. Pancake Tuesday
  9. pancake turner
  10. pancake turners
  11. pancake-maker

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