meaning of tortoise
1. Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
2. Same as Testudo, 2.
3. having a color like that of a tortoises shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color.
4. a tortoise-shell cat.
5. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
Related Words
tortoise | tortoise plant | tortoiseshell | tortoiseshell butterfly | tortoiseshell turtle | tortoiseshell-cat |
