Phrase Hound found 49 phrases and 3 compound words that contain tortoise. The most common are listed below. Open tortoise in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- tortoise shellThe shell of a tortoise, sometimes inaccurately the shell of a turtle, or that material.
- Bolson tortoiseA large species of gopher tortoise, Gopherus flavomarginatus, found in parts of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico.
- Hermann's tortoiseA species of tortoise, Testudo hermanni, found throughout southern Europe.
- Galapagos tortoiseChelonoidis nigra, a tortoise native to the Galapagos archipelago
- gopher tortoiseAny of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.
- giant tortoiseAny member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.
- pancake tortoiseA flat-shelled species of tortoise, taxonomic name Malacochersus tornieri.
- Indian star tortoiseThe tortoise Geochelone elegans.
- Black TortoiseSynonym of Black Turtle: a Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy
- Aldabra giant tortoiseA species of giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, found on the islands of the Aldabra atoll.
- desert tortoiseeither of two species of tortoise native to the deserts of the southwest United States and northwestern Mexico, Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai
- geometric tortoiseTortoises of South Africa, having a strong carapace with distinctive geometric patterns
- leopard tortoiseStigmochelys pardalis, a large tortoise of the African savannas, with a patterned shell resembling the coat of a leopard.
- Madagascar tortoiseSynonym of angonoka: Astrochelys yniphora, a tortoise endemic to Madagascar having a highly domed light-brown carapace with prominent growth rings on each scute.
- sea tortoiseSynonym of sea turtle.
- tortoise beetleA beetle in the taxonomic tribe Cassidini within the subfamily Cassidinae of the family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles).
- tortoise beetlesplural of tortoise beetle: A beetle in the taxonomic tribe Cassidini within the subfamily Cassidinae of the family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles).
- radiated tortoiseAstrochelys radiata, a species of tortoise that is native to Madagascar.
- sculptured tortoisewood turtle
- Burmese star tortoiseThe tortoise Geochelone platynota.
- Galapagos giant tortoiseAlternative form of Galápagos giant tortoise: Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise native to the Galapagos archipelago
- hinge-back tortoiseSynonym of hingeback: Any turtle of the genus Kinixys.
- tortoise shell bracketsplural of tortoise shell bracket: Either of a pair of symbols,〔 〕, sometimes used in Japanese to enclose comments in quoted text.
- tortoise-shell bamboomoso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)
- red-footed tortoiseChelonoidis carbonarius, a medium-sized tortoise native to northern South America and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Barbados.
Compound words 3
- tortoiseshellThe horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.
- tortoiselikeResembling or characteristic of a tortoise; thus frequently slow or unhurried
- tortoiseshellsplural of tortoiseshell: The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.