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GENUS TESTUDO

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Testudinidae

Synonyms:

genus Testudo; Testudo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Testudo"):

European tortoise; Testudo graeca (small land tortoise of southern Europe)

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

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

family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)

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