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UK
/tˈɔːtəs/
]
[ US /ˈtɔɹtəs/ ]
[ US /ˈtɔɹtəs/ ]
NOUN
- usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
How To Use tortoise In A Sentence
- It shows a stag hunt, accompanied by more unlikely woodland animals such as a monkey and a tortoise. Times, Sunday Times
- Cascades of earls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds and tortoiseshell hatpins, 76 items in all, poured out.
- Hey its not the mayfly its the gastrotrich (its an aquatic animal) that lives for only three days ... the longest is the tortoise (177 years) ... pls can anyone tell a SI unit named after a women scientist?????? plzzz? what is the name of the condition in which haemoglobin content gets decreased? en Español Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
- In ‘Amphibians,’ the tortoises arranged around the shell-like form vary in size gradually.
- He is the author of well over 100 research publications including journal articles, book chapters, and six books on desert grassland, the cacti of Sonora, the Sonoran desert tortoise, and packrat middens and the paleoecology of the southwestern deserts. Contributor: Tom Van Devender
- The seemingly random splotches of bold color mimicked the appearance of tortoiseshell while simultaneously obscuring flaws still evident in the body and glaze of many pieces.
- Other characters included two long-suffering frogs called Ernie and Sylve, an heroic tortoise called Lewis Collins and a little white shell called Jim Morrison.
- But watch out for the man who might play tortoise to the hare that is Hales. Times, Sunday Times
- The other is a fat tortoiseshell with a lot of white called Sophie.
- Through the efforts at Collier's Reserve, there are now 200 identified species of birds on site and a growing population of rare gopher tortoises.