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Image:Aldabra.giant.tortoise.arp.jpg|thumb|A tortoise
English
Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)t�s|-��(r)t�s
Noun
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- Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of family Testudinidae, whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.
Translations
Albanian: breshkë :sq:breshkë|º f
Bosnian: kornja�a f
Breton: baot f, baoted p, baot douar
Catalan: tortuga f
Chinese: �� (c�oguī)
Croatian: kornja�a f
Czech: želva
Dutch: schildpad f
Esperanto: testudo
Finnish: kilpikonna
French: tortue f
Frisian: skyldpod
German: Schildkröte f
Hungarian: tekn�sbéka, tekn�s
Indonesian: kura-kura
Isthmus Zapotec: bigu
Italian: tartaruga f
Japanese: � (��, kame), �� (����, rikugame)
Korean: 거� (geobuk), 거�� (geobugi)
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Lithuanian: v�žlys m
Macedonian: желка f
Norwegian: skilpadde
Polish: żó�w l�dowy m
Portuguese: tartaruga f
Romanian: ţestoas� f, broasc� ţestoas� f
Russian: �е�епа�а (�erepáxa) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ко��а�а f
:Roman: kornja�a#Serbian|kornja�a f
Slovene: kopenska želva f
Somali: diin
Spanish: tortuga terrestre f, morrocoy m italbrac|Venezuela
Swedish: sköldpadda :sv:sköldpadda|º
Telugu: తాబ�ల� (taabealu)
Uyghur:
:Cyrillic: �а�па�а
:Persic: FAchar|تاشپا�ا
:Roman: ta�pak̡a|ta�paqa
See also
terrapin
turtle
Category:Reptiles
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