DESERT TORTOISE

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates

Synonyms:

desert tortoise; Gopherus agassizii

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("desert tortoise" is a kind of...):

tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)

Holonyms ("desert tortoise" is a member of...):

genus Gopherus; Gopherus (gopher tortoises)

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