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Galapagos tortoise

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise native to the Galapagos archipelago

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  • Catalan: tortuga de les Galàpagos — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加拉巴哥象龜 /加拉巴哥象龟 — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise
  • French: tortue géante des Galápagos — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise
  • German: Galapagos-Riesenschildkröte — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise
  • Icelandic: Galápagos-skjaldbaka — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise
  • Polish: żółw słoniowy — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise
  • Portuguese: tartaruga de Galápagos — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise
  • Russian: слоно́вая черепа́ха (slonóvaja čerepáxa) — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise
  • Russian: галапаго́сская черепа́ха (galapagósskaja čerepáxa) — Chelonoidis nigra, a tortoise