Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun desert_tortoise

1 sense of desert tortoise

Sense 1
desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii -- (burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates)
       => tortoise -- (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)