GENUS GEOCHELONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Geochelone mean? 

• GENUS GEOCHELONE (noun)
  The noun GENUS GEOCHELONE has 1 sense:

1. giant tortoises

  Familiarity information: GENUS GEOCHELONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS GEOCHELONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Giant tortoises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Geochelone; Geochelone

Hypernyms ("genus Geochelone" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Geochelone"):

giant tortoise (very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands)

Holonyms ("genus Geochelone" is a member of...):

family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)