Tortoise

Meaning

Noun

●

In American English, Australian English, British English, Canadian English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, South African English & Turtles:

Any of various land-dwelling

reptiles

, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is

in a

(carapace

). The

can

its