box tortoise

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box tortoise - chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly

box turtle

turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

genus Terrapene, Terrapene - box turtles

Terrapene ornata, Western box turtle - primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico

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