TEXAS TORTOISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Texas tortoise mean? 

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

1. close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEXAS TORTOISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Gopherus; Gopherus (gopher tortoises)