Meanings (ES + gloss)
galápago • morrocota • morrocoy • morrocoyo • tequeteque • tortuga • tortuga terrestre
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 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.
The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.
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African spurred tortoiseAldabra giant tortoiseBolson tortoiseBurmese star tortoiseGalapagos giant tortoiseGalapagos tortoiseGalápagos giant tortoiseGalápagos tortoiseHermann's tortoiseHorsfield's tortoiseIndian star tortoiseMadagascar tortoiseSanta Fe Island tortoiseangonoka tortoiseboofhead tortoisedesert tortoiseelephantine tortoisegeometric tortoisegiant tortoisegolden tortoise beetlegopher tortoisehinge-back tortoisehinged tortoisehinged-back tortoiseleopard tortoisepancake tortoiseploughshare tortoiseradiated tortoisered tortoise cakered-footed tortoisesculptured tortoisesea tortoisesoft tortoisetortoise beetletortoise coretortoise shelltortoise shell brackettortoise-liketortoise-shelltortoise-shell bamboo
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