Aldabra giant tortoise

English

Noun

Aldabra giant tortoise (plural Aldabra giant tortoises)

1. A species of giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, found on the islands of the Aldabra atoll.
   • 20178, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 1 March:

     In 2004, an Aldabra giant tortoise washed ashore in Tanzania, 740 km from home (Gerlach et al., 2006).