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tortoise — /tawr teuhs/, n. 1. a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle. 2. a very slow person or thing. 3. testudo (def. 1). [1350 1400; var. of earlier (15th century) tortuse, tortose, tortuce, ME tortuca < ML tortuca, for LL tartarucha (fem. adj.) of Tartarus … Universalium
European pond terrapin — Taxobox name = European Pond Terrapin status = LR/nt | status system = IUCN2.3 status ref= [IUCN2006|assessors=Tortoise Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group|year=1996|id=7717|title=Emys orbicularis|downloaded=11 May 2006] image width = 250px regnum … Wikipedia
european pond tortoise — noun or european pond turtle Usage: usually capitalized E : a small European freshwater turtle (Emys orbicularis) … Useful english dictionary
european pond turtle — noun see european pond tortoise … Useful english dictionary
Marginated tortoise — Sardinian marginated tortoise Testudo marginata sarda Conservation status … Wikipedia
greek tortoise — noun Usage: usually capitalized G : european tortoise * * * Greek tortoise, a land turtle of the Old World … Useful english dictionary
Pancake tortoise — Conservation status Vulnerable … Wikipedia
Spur-thighed Tortoise — Taxobox name = Spur thighed Ibera Tortoise image width = 240px status = VU status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines subordo = Cryptodira familia = Testudinidae genus = Testudo species = T … Wikipedia
List of European reptiles — This is a list of European reptiles. It includes all reptiles currently found in Europe. It does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe, except where there is some doubt about this, nor does it currently include species… … Wikipedia
Hermann's tortoise — Testudo hermanni hermanni on Majorca Conservation status … Wikipedia
