Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giant tortoise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: gi-ant -tor-toise
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.

noun

Any of several species of reptile of the extinct genera Cylindraspis and Dipsochelys and species Meiolania platyceps.

Inflected Forms

giant tortoises (plural)

Questions

What does giant tortoise mean?: Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.

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