stinkpot (redirected from stinkpot turtle)

stink·pot  (stngkpt)

n.

1. Slang A person who is despised.

2. A small musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) of the eastern and southern United States, usually found on the bottom of ponds and small streams.

3. Slang A motorboat.

4. An earthenware jar containing combustibles emitting a suffocating smoke, formerly used in naval warfare. Also called stinkball.

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stinkpot [ˈstɪŋkˌpɒt]

n

1. Slang a person or thing that stinks

2. Slang a person considered to be unpleasant

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for musk turtle

4. (Military) Also called stink ball Military (formerly) a container filled with material that gives off noxious or suffocating vapours

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stinkpot - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, bum, crumb, rat disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	stinkpot - small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor musk turtle mud turtle - bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America genus Sternotherus, Sternotherus - musk turtles