凹甲陆龟

凹甲陸龜

āojiǎlùguī

noun

Measure Word

一只凹甲陆龟 zhī

Meanings

1 impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa)
2 Southeast Asian mountain tortoise with a sunken carapace

Characters

concave; sunken

turtle; tortoise

Examples

凹甲陆龟分布于中国南方和东南亚山区。

Āojiǎ lùguī fēnbù yú Zhōngguó nánfāng hé Dōngnányà shānqū.

The impressed tortoise is distributed across southern China and the mountainous regions of Southeast Asia.

凹甲陆龟是国家二级保护动物。

Āojiǎ lùguī shì guójiā èrjí bǎohù dòngwù.

The impressed tortoise is a Class II nationally protected animal in China.

Tips

memory

Parse as 凹 (concave; sunken) + 甲 (shell) + 陆龟 (land tortoise) — 'concave-shelled land tortoise'. The shield-like scutes of its carapace are visibly depressed in the middle, an immediate field ID feature and the exact meaning of its scientific name 'impressa'.

Stroke Order

凹 āo

甲 jiǎ

陆 lù

龟 guī