tortoise meaning in Pashto
کيشپ kišáp
UK/ˈtɔː.təs//ˈtɔɹ.təs/
tortoise in Pashto: کيشپ (kišáp). In English, tortoise means any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.
Pashto words for tortoise
- land-dwelling reptile
- کيشپ kišáp
English meaning of tortoise
- noun Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.
- noun Synonym of cat (sense 11, a wheeled shelter).
Synonyms of tortoise
tortoise in other languages
- tortoise in Hindi
- tortoise in Tamil
- tortoise in Marathi
- tortoise in Urdu
- tortoise in Bengali
- tortoise in Telugu
- tortoise in Malayalam
- tortoise in Kannada
- tortoise in Punjabi
- tortoise in Gujarati
- tortoise in Odia
- tortoise in Sanskrit
- tortoise in Assamese
- tortoise in Tagalog
- tortoise in Arabic
- tortoise in Malay
- tortoise in Indonesian
- tortoise in Persian
- tortoise in Thai
- tortoise in Vietnamese
- tortoise in Myanmar
Questions about tortoise in Pashto
- What is the meaning of tortoise in Pashto?
- Tortoise in Pashto is کيشپ (kišáp).
- tortoise په پښتو کې څه معنی لري؟
- Tortoise: کيشپ (kišáp).
- What does tortoise mean in English?
- Tortoise means any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.
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