Translation for 'tortoise' from English to Bulgarian

tortoise {noun}

костенурка {ж}зоол.T

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(Mediterranean) spur-thighed tortoise {noun} [Testudo graeca]

шипобедрена костенурка {ж}зоол.T

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Hermann's tortoise {noun} [Testudo hermanni]

шипоопашата костенурка {ж}зоол.T

radiated tortoise {noun} [Astrochelys radiata, syn.: Geochelone radiata]

лъчиста костенурка {ж}зоол.T

red-footed tortoise {noun} [Chelonoidis carbonarius, syn.: Geochelone carbonaria]

червенопетниста костенурка {ж}зоол.T

• The forest hinge-back tortoise ("Kinixys erosa"), also known commonly as the serrated hinge-back tortoise or Schweigger's tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
• "Chersobius solus", commonly known as the Nama dwarf tortoise, the Nama padloper, and Berger's cape tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.
• The saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise ("Cylindraspis inepta") is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
• The Rodríguez tortoise: Matias' male tortoise. He is always eating, sleeping and looking for an impossible girlfriend.
• The college traditionally keeps at least one tortoise as a living mascot, cared for by an elected 'Tortoise Keeper'.

• Reptiles at the zoo include American alligator, red-tailed boa, Burmese star tortoise, sulcata tortoise, radiated tortoise and leopard tortoise.
• Forsten's tortoise is one of three tortoise species placed in the genus "Indotestudo", the others being the elongated tortoise ("I. elongata"), and the Travancore tortoise ("I. travancorica").
• The Sanskrit word 'Kurma' (Devanagari: कूर्म) means 'Tortoise' and 'Turtle'.
• The tortoise den is home to a male and a female Aldabra tortoise, which are native exclusively to the Aldabra Atoll. The den has an outdoor enclosure and a tortoise shell-shaped den.
• "Physonota unipunctata", known generally as horsemint tortoise beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.

• Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise (an Aldabra giant tortoise), had been mating with another tortoise named Frederica since 1991.
• "Aldabrachelys abrupta", the abrupt giant tortoise, is an extinct species of giant tortoise that was endemic to Madagascar.
• Red tortoise cake molds are an important tool when making red tortoise cakes.
• Several species of tortoise occur. The most widespread is the leopard tortoise, which inhabits semi-arid and grassland habitats.
• "The Tortoise & the Hare" is a 2013 wordless picture book of Aesop's classic fable and is illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

• The Pinta Island tortoise ("Chelonoidis niger [...] "), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, or Abingdon Island giant tortoise, is an extinct subspecies of Galápagos tortoise native to Ecuador's Pinta Island.