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- Spanish · calque oftortuga del Bolsón
- English todayBolson tortoise
By surface analysis, Spanish Bolsón de Mapimí (a basin where this species is found) + tortoise.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bolson tortoise
Today it means: A large species of gopher tortoise, Gopherus flavomarginatus, found in parts of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico. Full definition →
Spanish tortuga del Bolsón