noun
burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
• Syn: ↑Gopherus agassizii
• Hypernyms: ↑tortoise
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gopherus, ↑genus Gopherus
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noun : a large burrowing turtle (Gopherus agassizii) of arid regions of the western U.S. — compare testudinidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.