plural of tortoise shell

Alternative form of tortoiseshell

Alternative form of tortoiseshell

The shell of a tortoise, sometimes inaccurately the shell of a turtle, or that material. / Alternative form of tortoiseshell

Synonym of Black Turtle

wood turtle

A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.

A species of tortoise, Testudo hermanni, found throughout southern Europe.

Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.

(US) either of two species of tortoise native to the deserts of the southwest United States and northwestern Mexico, Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai