That would be 'Kame'
かめ (kame) (kah-meh) is "turtle" in Japanese, but the correct word for "tortoise" is リクガメ (Rikugame) (Ree-koo-gah-meh) - notice that the word (kame) is still present, but the k has now changed to a g sound. The kanji for the word turtle is 亀 but the word for tortoise is usually written in katakana as tortoises are not native to Japan.
The word tortoise forms a regular plural, tortoises.
http://forvo.com/word/tortoise/
Tortuga
黒い (kuroi) - black 亀 (kame) - tortoise/turtle 黒い亀 (kuroi kame) - black turtle
Yes, the noun 'tortoise' is a common noun; a general word for a land turtle; a word for any land turtle.
More than one species of tortoise exist, however the usage of the word 'tortoise' is not widely agreed upon. Recently, the word 'tortoise' has been re-applied by biologists to mean only species which are entirely terrestrial (such as the Galapagous tortoise).For the Galapagos tortoise:Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:ReptiliaOrder:TestudinesSuborder:CryptodiraFamily:TestudinidaeGenus:ChelonoidisSpecies:C. nigra
I think the word you are looking for is "tortoise".
honu [ho-noo]
No. A tortoise a reptile - more specifically, a chelonian, which is just a fancy word referring to tortoises, turtles, and terrapins.
A tortoise -- as well as a turtle -- is "la tortue" (feminine noun) in French.Une tortueTortue is a feminine word.
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