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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soft tortoise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
soft- -tor-toise
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the soft-shelled turtles of the family Trionychidae.

Inflected Forms

soft tortoises (plural)

Questions

What does soft tortoise mean?
Any of the soft-shelled turtles of the family Trionychidae.

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