noun
: any of numerous large long-lived slow-moving herbivorous land tortoises of the genus Testudo formerly abundant on the islands of the western Indian ocean and on the Galápagos islands but now largely exterminated by man
noun
: any of numerous large long-lived slow-moving herbivorous land tortoises of the genus Testudo formerly abundant on the islands of the western Indian ocean and on the Galápagos islands but now largely exterminated by man
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012