box turtle

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box turtle

Any of several North American land turtles of the genus Terrapene having a hinged plastron that pulls up against the carapace, allowing the animal to become completely encased within its shell. Also called box tortoise.

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

box tortoise

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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