mud turtle

mud turtle

n.

Any of various small turtles of the genus Kinosternon, having hinged lobes on the ventral part of the shell and found in slow-moving fresh waters throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mud turtle - bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming genus Kinosternon, Kinosternon - type genus of the Kinosternidae musk turtle, stinkpot - small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor