terrapin

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Any of various North American aquatic turtles of the family Emydiolae, especially the genus Malaclemys, which includes the diamondback terrapin.

[Alteration of torope, from Virginia Algonquian.]

terrapin [ˈtɛrəpɪn]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various web-footed chelonian reptiles that live on land and in fresh water and feed on small aquatic animals: family Emydidae Also called water tortoise

[of Algonquian origin; compare Delaware torope turtle]

turtle, tortoise, terrapin - Turtle is applied to those living in water and tortoise to those that live on land, while terrapins live in fresh water; turtle and tortoise may come from the Latin root tort, with reference to the animals' twisted feet.

See also related terms for tortoise.

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Noun

terrapin - any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water

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

Emydidae, family Emydidae - box and water turtles

diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys centrata - of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States

Translations

terrapin [ˈterəpɪn] N → tortuga f de agua dulce

terrapin [ˈtɛrəpɪn] n → tortue f d'eau douce

terrapin

n → Sumpfschildkröte f

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Alligator terrapin
Chrysemys picta
diamondback
diamondback terrapin
Emydidae
family Emydidae
genus Malaclemys
genus Pseudemys
Malaclemys
Malaclemys centrata
Mud terrapin
painted terrapin
painted tortoise
painted turtle
Pseudemys
Pseudemys rubriventris
Pseudemys scripta
red-bellied terrapin
red-bellied turtle

Skinner is my guest, and I will not have him treated in this fashion, just as the terrapin is coming in, too.

The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

At the enunciation of the aspirate, Fuddy-Duddy, the incapable terrapin, came to a dead halt, and before the vowel had died away up the ravine had folded up all his eight legs and lain down in the dusty road, regardless of the effect upon his derned skin.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

If you dined with the Lovell Mingotts you got canvas-back and terrapin and vintage wines; at Adeline Archer's you could talk about Alpine scenery and "The Marble Faun"; and luckily the Archer Madeira had gone round the Cape.

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

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