tortoises
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
tortoises
- Details
General term referring to members of the Testudines order that are land dwelling rather than aquatic, being four-footed reptiles in which the trunk is enclosed between a carapace and plastron, formed by the dorsal vertebrae, ribs, and sternum; the skin being covered with large horny plates, commonly called the shell.
- Variations
tortoise
land turtles
- Broader Term