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giant tortoise

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various very large tortoises of the genus Testudo, of the Galápagos, Seychelles, and certain other islands, weighing up to 225 kilograms (495 lbs.)

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giant tortoise - very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands

tortoise - usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica

genus Testudo, Testudo - type genus of the Testudinidae

genus Geochelone, Geochelone - giant tortoises

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Aldabra Islands Black bound Darwin Charles Robert family Testudinidae Galápagos Islands galumph genus Geochelone genus Testudo Geochelone jump leap reptile reptile genus spring Testudinidae testudo tortoise			The giant tortoises begin migrating to the lowlands, and find suitable places to begin their nesting. A Galapagos Calendar by Eduardo Jorge / Travel, recreation and leisure community The islands' best-known residents are its giant tortoises, almost all of which live on Isabela Island, west of San Cristobal. Peru navy ship holding fuel stranded in Galapagos by AFP / AFP Global Edition Since they have several giant tortoises on St Helena, they simply named the next largest one Jonathan. World's oldest animal 'may be a phoney' by Asian News International			giant potato creeper giant powder giant puffball giant red paintbrush giant redwood giant reed giant ryegrass giant salamander giant scallop giant schnauzer giant scrambling fern giant seaperch giant sequoia giant silkworm giant silkworm moth giant slalom giant squid giant star giant star grass giant stock bean Giant stork giant sunflower giant taro giant timber bamboo giant tortoise Giant tortoises giant water bug giant willowherb Giant's Causeway giant-killer giant-killing giant-size giantess giantism Giantize Giantly Giantry Giantship giaour giardia giardiasis gib Gib and key Gib board Gib boom Gib-cat Gib. Gibaro Gibbartas Gibbed lathe gibber			giant squids giant star giant star giant star grass giant star grass giant star grass giant star grass Giant stars Giant stars giant stock bean Giant stork giant sunflower giant T wave inversion GIANT TALK giant taro giant taro giant taro giant taro Giant Tiger Giant Tiger Boutique Giant Tiger Prawn Giant Tiger Prawn Giant Tiger Prawn Giant Tiger Prawn Giant Tiger Warehouse giant timber bamboo Giant toad Giant toad giant tortoise giant tortoise Giant tortoises Giant Unicorn Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Giant Unrealistic Nuclear Dams Armed Masterfully giant urticaria giant urticaria giant urticaria giant urticaria, urticaria gigantea giant urticaria, urticaria gigantea giant urticaria, urticaria gigantea Giant Vascular Eccrine Spiradenoma Giant Vegetable Growers of Ontario Giant Viper giant water bug giant water bug Giant Water Scorpion Giant Water Scorpion Giant weta Giant white arum lily Giant white arum lily Giant White Rabbit giant willowherb Giant Wireless Technology, Ltd. Giant wombat giant's cauldron Giant's Causeway Giant's Causeway Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast Giant's Causeway Legend Giant's Causeway Legend

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