BOX TORTOISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does box tortoise mean? 

• BOX TORTOISE (noun)
  The noun BOX TORTOISE has 1 sense:

1. chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly

  Familiarity information: BOX TORTOISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOX TORTOISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

box tortoise; box turtle

Hypernyms ("box tortoise" is a kind of...):

turtle (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "box tortoise"):

Terrapene ornata; Western box turtle (primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico)

Holonyms ("box tortoise" is a member of...):

genus Terrapene; Terrapene (box turtles)