geometric tortoise
English
Noun
geometric tortoise (plural geometric tortoises)
- Tortoises of South Africa, having a strong carapace with distinctive geometric patterns
- Any of the species Psammobates geometricus of South African tortoises with radial black and yellow markings.
- Any of the species of genus Psammobates.
Hyponyms
- (genus Psammobates): serrated tortoise (Psammobates oculifer, tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius), Psammobates geometricus
References
- “geometric tortoise”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- geometric tortoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Psammobates geometricus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Psammobates geometricus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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