tortoise

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a reptile with a hard round shell, that lives on land and moves very slowly. It can pull its head and legs into its shell. compareTERRAPIN, TURTLE

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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tortoiseEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus tortoiseEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary tortoiseEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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