tortoise🔊

(Q46360)Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family (family) (North America) or the order (order) (India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators. +

{{synonym of|en|(id=wheeled shelter)}} {{qual|sense 11, a wheeled shelter}}