terrapin : Idioms & Phrases
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Alligator terrapin
- the snapping turtle.
Webster 1913
diamondback terrapin
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noun of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States
Malaclemys centrata.
WordNet
Mud terrapin
- any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus
Cinosternon .
Webster 1913
Painted terrapin
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noun freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States
painted turtle; Chrysemys picta; painted tortoise.
WordNet
- the painted turtle. See under
Painted .
Webster 1913
red-bellied terrapin
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noun freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
Pseudemys rubriventris; red-bellied turtle; redbelly.
WordNet
Salt-marsh terrapin
(Zoöl.) , the diamond-back.
Webster 1913
Speckled terrapin
- a small fresh-water American terrapin (
Chelopus guttatus ) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; called alsospotted turtle .
Webster 1913
yellow-bellied terrapin
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noun freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
slider; Pseudemys scripta.