noun Descargar 🔗Compartir Tortuga terrestre Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae or the order Testudines , 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. Examples : "The little boy watched the tortoise slowly munch on a piece of lettuce in its enclosure. " El niño pequeño observaba a la tortuga terrestre masticar lentamente un trozo de lechuga en su recinto. animal biology nature organism Chat con IAJuego de vocabularioPracticar lectura