desert tortoise desert sunflower • desert trumpeter · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · desert tortoise · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 15 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates. Synonyms: desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · gopherus agassizii · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074