| 单词 | mountain tortoise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain tortoise mountain tortoise n. a tortoise inhabiting mountainous country; spec. the leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis, found throughout the African savannah. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Testudinae > geochelone pardalis (mountain tortoise) mountain tortoise1879 leopard-tortoise1880 1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 2 The god..found a mountain tortoise grazing near his grotto. 1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari i. 26 For the equivalent of cello and bass violin he used the shell of our big dark mountain tortoises. 1971 D. J. Potgieter et al. Animal Life S. Afr. 303/2 Mountain or leopard tortoise..is a widely distributed species, extending from the Sudan and Ethiopia in the north to the Cape in the south. 1993 S. Afr. Jrnl. Wildlife Res. 23 63/1 The mountain tortoise Geochelone pardalis..occurs from sea level to at least 2000m. < as lemmas |
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