meaning of tortoise

1. Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
2.
Same as Testudo, 2.
3.
having a color like that of a tortoises shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color.
4.
a tortoise-shell cat.
5.
usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica


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tortoise | tortoise plant | tortoiseshell | tortoiseshell butterfly | tortoiseshell turtle | tortoiseshell-cat |

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