1. burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates; [syn: desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
desert tortoise
n 1: burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and
northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus
Xerobates [syn: desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii]