Hyphenation of tortoises

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word tortoises? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

tor-tois-es

Definitions of tortoises:

1.	Usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs Worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.