terrapin : Idioms & Phrases

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Alligator terrapin

  • the snapping turtle.
Webster 1913

diamondback terrapin

  • noun of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States
    Malaclemys centrata.
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Mud terrapin

  • any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Webster 1913

Painted terrapin

  • 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

  • noun freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
    Pseudemys rubriventris; red-bellied turtle; redbelly.
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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 also spotted turtle.
Webster 1913

yellow-bellied terrapin

  • noun freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
    slider; Pseudemys scripta.
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