DESERT TORTOISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desert tortoise mean? 

• DESERT TORTOISE (noun)
  The noun DESERT TORTOISE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DESERT TORTOISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESERT TORTOISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

desert tortoise; Gopherus agassizii

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)