(Zool.)

a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.

- Mantell.

See also: Elephantine

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Elephantine tortoise