also: ギリシャりくがめ
noun
Greek tortoise; European tortoise
Refers specifically to Testudo graeca, a species of tortoise native to southern Europe and parts of the Middle East. In everyday Japanese, the katakana form is standard.
ギリシャリクガメはペットとして飼われることもある。
Greek tortoises are sometimes kept as pets.
ギリシャリクガメの甲羅はドーム状で、模様が美しい。
The shell of the Greek tortoise is dome-shaped and has beautiful patterns.
Compound of ギリシャ (Greece) and リクガメ (tortoise), a direct calque of the English 'Greek tortoise'.