box tortoise

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

box tortoise - chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightlybox turtleturtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimminggenus Terrapene, Terrapene - box turtlesTerrapene ornata, Western box turtle - primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico