<skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">tortoises</skos:prefLabel>
<skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">tortoise</skos:altLabel>
<skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">land turtles</skos:altLabel>
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<skos:note xml:lang="en">General term referring to members of the Testudines order that are land dwelling rather than aquatic, being four-footed reptiles in which the trunk is enclosed between a carapace and plastron, formed by the dorsal vertebrae, ribs, and sternum; the skin being covered with large horny plates, commonly called the shell.</skos:note>
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