Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leopard tortoise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: leop-ard -tor-toise
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Stigmochelys pardalis, a large tortoise of the African savannas, with a patterned shell resembling the coat of a leopard.

Inflected Forms

leopard tortoises (plural)

Questions

What does leopard tortoise mean?: Stigmochelys pardalis, a large tortoise of the African savannas, with a patterned shell resembling the coat of a leopard.

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