noun

• A large tortoise.

  Genus Geochelone, family Testudinidae: two species

  ‘However, the game wardens laid several charges against the men, including possession of 25 yellow - headed parrots, 11 Hans macaws, two morocoys, and having caged birds in an undersized cage.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘There were timid deer and huge morocoys that moved with prehistoric slow motion.’
  • ‘Known also as morocoy, the red-legged tortoise is the only non-marine turtle native to the Virgin Islands’