giant tortoise
Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in…Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.
» Adriano saw a giant tortoise at the zoo.
Meaning
2 sensesAny member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.
Riesenschildkröte
Any of several species of reptile of the extinct genera Cylindraspis and Dipsochelys and species Meiolania platyceps.
- very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
Examples
7 sentencesAdriano saw a giant tortoise at the zoo.
Giant tortoises were decimated by pirates in the 18th and 19th century.
Lonesome George was the last giant tortoise of his kind.
deDer einsame Georg war die letzte Riesenschildkröte seiner Art. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The Galapagos Islands giant tortoise known as Lonesome George is dead.
ruУмерла гигантская галапагосская черепаха, известная под именем Одинокий Джордж. — marafon
deDie Galápagos-Riesenschildkröte, die als der einsame Georg bekannt war, ist tot. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The giant tortoise Lonesome George has died on the Galapagos Islands.
Translations
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Forms
plural: giant tortoises| Singular | giant tortoise |
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