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giant tortoise

noun giant tortoises

  1. Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.
  2. Any of several species of reptile of the extinct genera Cylindraspis and Dipsochelys and species Meiolania platyceps.

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noun a giant tortoise

Españolgalápago, tortuga gigante
Portuguêstartaruga-gigante
DeutschRiesenschildkröte

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@misc{giant_tortoise_2026,
  title = {giant tortoise},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/giant%20tortoise},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}