desert tortoise
desert tortoise
nounDefinition of DESERT TORTOISE
: a large burrowing land tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) of arid regions of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico
First Known Use of DESERT TORTOISE
1933
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