Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 1 compound words that contain tortoises. The most common are listed below. Open tortoises in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- desert tortoisesplural of desert tortoise: either of two species of tortoise native to the deserts of the southwest United States and northwestern Mexico, Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai
- Galapagos tortoisesplural of Galapagos tortoise: Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise native to the Galapagos archipelago
- giant tortoisesplural of giant tortoise: Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.
- gopher tortoisesplural of gopher tortoise: Any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.
- sea tortoisesplural of sea tortoise
- Galapagos giant tortoisesplural of Galapagos giant tortoise
- Galápagos tortoisesplural of Galápagos tortoise: Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise native to the Galapagos archipelago
- geometric tortoisesplural of geometric tortoise: Tortoises of South Africa, having a strong carapace with distinctive geometric patterns
- hinged tortoisesplural of hinged tortoise: Any turtle of the genus Kinixys.
- leopard tortoisesplural of leopard tortoise: Stigmochelys pardalis, a large tortoise of the African savannas, with a patterned shell resembling the coat of a leopard.
- Madagascar tortoisesplural of Madagascar tortoise: Astrochelys yniphora, a tortoise endemic to Madagascar having a highly domed light-brown carapace with prominent growth rings on each scute.
- pancake tortoisesplural of pancake tortoise: A flat-shelled species of tortoise, taxonomic name Malacochersus tornieri.
- sculptured tortoisesplural of sculptured tortoise: wood turtle
- soft tortoisesplural of soft tortoise: Any of the soft-shelled turtles of the family Trionychidae.
- African spurred tortoisesplural of African spurred tortoise: A species of tortoise, Centrochelys sulcata, inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and the Sahel in Africa.
- Burmese star tortoisesplural of Burmese star tortoise: The tortoise Geochelone platynota.
- hinge-back tortoisesplural of hinge-back tortoise: Any turtle of the genus Kinixys.
- hinged-back tortoisesplural of hinged-back tortoise: Any turtle of the genus Kinixys.
- Indian star tortoisesplural of Indian star tortoise: The tortoise Geochelone elegans.
- red-footed tortoisesplural of red-footed tortoise: Chelonoidis carbonarius, a medium-sized tortoise native to northern South America and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Barbados.
- elephantine tortoisesplural of elephantine tortoise: A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.
- Bolson tortoisesplural of Bolston tortoise.
- Aldabra giant tortoisesplural of Aldabra giant tortoise: A species of giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, found on the islands of the Aldabra atoll.
- boofhead tortoisesplural of boofhead tortoise: A small turtle, Emydura macquarii, of northern Australia.
- Galápagos giant tortoisesplural of Galápagos giant tortoise: Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise native to the Galapagos archipelago
Compound words 1
- tortoiseshellsplural of tortoiseshell: The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.