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giant tortoise
noun
- any of several large tortoises of the genus Geochelone, of the Galápagos Islands and islands near Madagascar: some are endangered.
giant tortoise
noun
- any of various very large tortoises of the genus Testudo, of the Galápagos, Seychelles, and certain other islands, weighing up to 225 kilograms (495 lbs.)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of giant tortoise1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
Nor did he care to consider such examples of longevity as the giant tortoise and the Yellow Leaf.
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Baguian is famed throughout those seas as a rookery for the giant tortoise—testudo elephantopus.
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The giant tortoise was clearing the kitchen garden of young lettuces; the monkeys were collecting entomological specimens.
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The giant tortoise had transferred itself to his garden, having apparently engaged a wheelbarrow for that purpose.
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The enormous flatboat, that Suzanne had likened to a giant tortoise, darted now like an arrow, dragged by the current.
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