elephantine tortoise

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

elephantine tortoise (plural elephantine tortoises)

1. A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.

References[edit]

• elephantine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913