Definition of "tortoises" []

• Plural form of tortoise. (noun)

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• "Population genetic analyses revealed that one tortoise sampled on Isabela Island is clearly a first-generation hybrid between the native tortoises from the islands of Isabela and Pinta."
• "He was immediately brought into captivity at the Charles Darwin Research Station on the island of Santa Cruz, where he is housed with two female tortoises from a species found on the neighboring island of Isabela."
• "Are the native giant tortoises from the Seychelles really extinct?"