DESERT TORTOISE

Meaning of DESERT TORTOISE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1933

: a large burrowing land tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii ) of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

DESERT TORTOISE — noun Date: 1933 a large burrowing land tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii ) of arid regions of the southwestern United States …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DESERT TORTOISE — noun : a large burrowing turtle ( Gopherus agassizii ) of arid regions of the western U.S. — compare testudinidae
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESERT TORTOISE — Date: 1933 : a large burrowing land tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii ) of arid regions of the southwestern United States …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TORTOISE — tortug
English interlingue dictionary
TORTOISE — noun see: turtle Date: 14th century any of a family (Testudinidae) of terrestrial turtles, someone or something regarded as slow …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TORTOISE — Any of some 40 species (family Testudinidae) of slow-moving, terrestrial, herbivorous turtles , found in the Old and New Worlds …
Английский словарь Британика
DESERT — I Large, extremely dry area of land with fairly sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of …
Английский словарь Британика
DESERT — I. des·ert ˈdezə(r)]t, usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin desertum, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORTOISE — ˈtȯr]d.əs, -ȯ(ə)], ]təs sometimes ]ˌtȯiz or ]ˌtȯis\ noun ( plural tortoises also tortoise ) Etymology: Middle English tortuce, tortous, tortuse, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORTOISE — (n.) a tortoise-shell cat.
Английский словарь Webster
TORTOISE — (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to …
Английский словарь Webster
TORTOISE — (n.) Same as Testudo, 2.
Английский словарь Webster
TORTOISE — (n.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
Английский словарь Webster
TORTOISE — ( n. ) Same as Testudo, 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TORTOISE — ( n. ) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TORTOISE — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TORTOISE — ( n. ) a tortoise-shell cat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TORTOISE — /tawr"teuhs/ , n. 1. a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle. 2. a very slow person or thing. 3. testudo (def. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DESERT — desert 1 — desertic /di zerr"tik/ , adj. — desertlike , adj. /dez"euhrt/ , n. 1. a region so arid …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TORTOISE — n. any of several species of terrestrial turtle, species of land-dwelling reptile with a hard dome-shaped shell
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DESERT — I. des·ert ˈde-zərt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter of desertus, past participle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TORTOISE — noun Etymology: Middle English tortu, tortuse, from Anglo-French tortue — more at turtle Date: 14th century 1. : any of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TORTOISE — noun a tortoise-shell cat. 2. tortoise ·noun ·same·as testudo, 2. 3. tortoise ·noun any one of numerous species of reptiles …
Webster English vocab
DESERT — noun that which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; …
Webster English vocab
DESERT — [des.ert] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. LL desertum, fr. L, neut. of desertus, pp. of deserere to desert, fr. de- …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TORTOISE — any of the land-dwelling turtles of the family Testudinidae; in Great Britain the name refers to any nonmarine turtle. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
DESERT — any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of ecosystems, …
Britannica English vocabulary
DESERT — I de|sert verb BrE AmE di |ˈzɜːt də- AmE -|ˈzɝːt ▷ de|serted ˈzɜːt ɪd -əd AmE ˈzɝːt̬ əd ▷ de|serting …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESERT — noun , verb ■ noun / ˈdezət; NAmE ˈdezərt/ —see also deserts [ C , U ] a large area …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESERT — I. des ‧ ert 1 W3 /ˈdezət $ -ərt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DESERT — n. & adj. --n. a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation; an uninteresting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TORTOISE — n. 1 any slow-moving land or freshwater reptile of the family Testudinidae, encased in a scaly or leathery domed shell, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESERT — n. & adj. n. a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation; an uninteresting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TORTOISE — n.1 any slow-moving land or freshwater reptile of the family Testudinidae, encased in a scaly or leathery domed shell, and …
Oxford English vocab
DESERT — 1. v. 1. tr. abandon, give up, leave (deserted the sinking ship). 2 tr. forsake or abandon (a cause or …
Oxford English vocab
TORTOISE — ( tortoises) A tortoise is a slow-moving animal with a shell into which it can pull its head and legs …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESERT — The noun is pronounced /dezə(r)t/. The verb is pronounced /dɪzɜ:(r)t/ and is hyphenated de‧sert. ( deserted) Frequency: The word is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TORTOISE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE giant ▪ Several other cruisers squatted dourly like giant hibernating tortoises . ▪ Although …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESERT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coastal/desert/mountain etc environment ▪ The storm caused significant damage to the coastal environment. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESERT — (SANDY AREA) [noun] - (a large area of) land covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain …
Cambridge English vocab
TORTOISE — n. Any of some 40 species (family Testudinidae) of slow-moving, terrestrial, herbivorous turtles , found in the Old and New …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DESERT — n. Arabian Desert Atacama Desert desert varnish Gibson Desert Gobi Desert Great Sandy Desert Great Victoria Desert Kalahari Desert Karakum …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TORTOISE — Noun. See 'have a tortoise'.
Slang English vocab
TORTOISE — noun Tortoise is used before these nouns: ↑ shell
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DESERT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ arid , barren , dry , hot ▪ green fields surrounded by arid ~ ▪ vast …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DESERT — n. 25B6; noun an African desert : WASTELAND, wastes, wilderness, wilds, barren land; dust bowl. See list. 25B6; adjective desert …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DESERT — Not a stretch of sand, an utterly barren waste, but a wild, uninhabited region. The words rendered in the Authorized …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
DESERT — noun BAD : I was miles from anywhere, stuck on a desert country road. GOOD : I was miles from …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TORTOISE — сущ. черепаха (сухопутная) tortoise shell (зоология) черепаха (Testudinata) - freshwater * пресноводная черепаха - giant /elephant/ * гигантская /слоновая/ черепаха …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — I 1. сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert ≈ безводная пустыня trackless desert ≈ безжизненная пустыня reclaim a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TORTOISE — tortoise.ogg ʹtɔ:təs n 1. зоол. черепаха ( Testudinata ) freshwater tortoise - пресноводная черепаха giant /elephant/ tortoise - гигантская /слоновая/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DESERT — desert.ogg _I 1. ʹdezət n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near desert - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DESERT — I 1. [ʹdezət] n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near ~ - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное место; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TORTOISE — n 1. зоол. черепаха ( Testudinata ) freshwater tortoise - пресноводная черепаха giant /elephant/ tortoise - гигантская /слоновая/ черепаха tortoise …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — _I 1. ʹdezət n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near desert - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное место; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TORTOISE — сущ. 1) черепаха ( сухопутная ) - tortoise shell 2) медлительный человек; медленно движущийся предмет 3) др.-рим. черепаха ( осадное …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DESERT — I 1. ˈdezət сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert — безводная пустыня trackless desert — безжизненная пустыня - …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TORTOISE — сущ. 1) черепаха (сухопутная) - tortoise shell 2) медлительный человек; медленно движущийся предмет 3) др.-рим. черепаха (осадное приспособление; боевое построение) 4) - tortoise-shell
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DESERT — I 1. ['¬ўЄ†«] desert.wav сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert — безводная пустыня trackless desert — безжизненная пустыня - cultural desert - reclaim a desert Syn: plain, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TORTOISE — черепаха (главным образом сухопутная и пресноводная) см. тж. turtle - African forest tortoise - African pancake tortoise - angulate tortoise - berg tortoise - bowsprite tortoise - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DESERT — пустыня; пустынный - absolute desert - arctic desert - arctic polygon desert - argillaceous desert - clay desert - cold desert - pebble-cobble desert - sagebrush desert - salt …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TORTOISE — черепаха ( главным образом сухопутная и пресноводная ) см. тж. turtle - African forest tortoise - African pancake tortoise - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DESERT — пустыня; пустынный - absolute desert - arctic desert - arctic polygon desert - argillaceous desert - clay desert - cold …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DESERT — 1. 1) общ. пустыня the Sahara Desert — пустыня Сахара They were lost in the desert for nine days. — Они блуждали по …
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Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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