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tortoises
noun(tor-toise)
any of a family (Testudinidae) of terrestrial turtles; broadly : turtle
tortoises
noun(tor-toise)
someone or something regarded as slow or laggard
tortoises
noun(tor-toise)
a large burrowing land tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico
tortoises
noun(tor-toise)
any of various large long-lived herbivorous land tortoises (genus Geochelone) formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands

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