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GENUS TESTUDO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Testudo mean?
• GENUS TESTUDO (noun)
The noun GENUS TESTUDO has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Testudinidae
Familiarity information: GENUS TESTUDO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Testudinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Testudo; Testudo
Hypernyms ("genus Testudo" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Testudo"):
European tortoise; Testudo graeca (small land tortoise of southern Europe)
giant tortoise (very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands)
Holonyms ("genus Testudo" is a member of...):
family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)
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