Aldabra giant tortoise

noun

A species of giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, found on the islands of the Aldabra atoll.

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nounAldabra giant tortoise (plural Aldabra giant tortoises)

plural Aldabra giant tortoises

  1. A species of giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, found on the islands of the Aldabra atoll.

    In 2004, an Aldabra giant tortoise washed ashore in Tanzania, 740 km from home (Gerlach et al., 2006).

    20178, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 1 March
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