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giant tortoise
noun
: a large plant-eating tortoise
Full Definition of GIANT TORTOISE
: any of various large long-lived herbivorous land tortoises (genus Geochelone) formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands
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First Known Use of GIANT TORTOISE
circa 1909
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