Tursiops truncatus
Tursiops truncatus

turtle


Definition: Meaning of, turtle in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtəːt(ə)l /

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turtle turtles
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  1. a REPTILE that lives mainly in water and has a soft body covered by a hard shell
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  2. American English any REPTILE that has a hard shell covering its body, for example a TORTOISE
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  3. turn turtle a ship or boat that turns turtle turns upside down
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turtle used in phrases

  • Mock Turtle, the
    1. a character in the book ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis CARROLL, who is a strange and sad creature who often cries
  • Western box turtle (noun)
    1. primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico
  • alligator snapping turtle (noun)
    1. large species having three ridges on its back; found in southeastern United States
  • bastard turtle (noun)
    1. grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
  • box turtle (noun)
    1. chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly
  • common snapping turtle (noun)
    1. large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
  • gopher turtle (noun)
    1. burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
  • green turtle (noun)
    1. large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup
  • green turtle soup (noun)
    1. soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles
  • hawksbill turtle (noun)
    1. pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
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