Translation of "tortoise" to Spanish

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Dictionary translations for "tortoise"

tortoise [ˈtɔ:təs] noun

pl. tortoises

la tortuga f (zool)

The small island looked like a tortoise from a distance.

De lejos, la pequeña isla se parecía a una tortuga.

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The small island looked like a tortoise from a distance. De lejos, la pequeña isla se parecía a una tortuga.

The Galapagos Islands giant tortoise known as Lonesome George is dead. Murió la tortuga gigante de las Islas Galápagos conocida como el Solitario George.

Lonesome George, the last remaining tortoise of his kind, died of unknown causes. El Solitario George, la última tortuga de su especie que quedaba, murió por causas desconocidas.

The world rests upon an elephant and the elephant rests upon a tortoise. El mundo se apoya sobre un elefante, y el elefante se apoya sobre una tortuga.

Giant tortoises were decimated by pirates in the 18th and 19th century. Las tortugas gigantes fueron diezmadas por los piratas en los siglos XVIII y XIX.

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