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GENUS GEOCHELONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Giant tortoises

Synonyms:

genus Geochelone; Geochelone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Geochelone" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Geochelone"):

giant tortoise (very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands)

Holonyms ("genus Geochelone" is a member of...):

family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)

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