GIANT TORTOISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant tortoise mean? 

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

1. very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT TORTOISE (noun)

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Meaning:

Very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("giant tortoise" is a kind of...):

tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)

Holonyms ("giant tortoise" is a member of...):

genus Testudo; Testudo (type genus of the Testudinidae)

genus Geochelone; Geochelone (giant tortoises)