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TEXAS TORTOISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Texas tortoise" is a kind of...):
tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)
Holonyms ("Texas tortoise" is a member of...):
genus Gopherus; Gopherus (gopher tortoises)