soft-shelled turtle

soft-shelled turtle

n.

Any of various freshwater turtles of the family Trionychidae, having a flat carapace covered with leathery skin and a fleshy elongated snout.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

soft-shelled turtle - voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites pancake turtle turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming family Trionychidae, Trionychidae - soft-shelled turtles spiny softshell, Trionyx spiniferus - river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water smooth softshell, Trionyx muticus - river turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water