mud turtle


noun
  1. any of several small, freshwater turtles of the family Kinosternidae, of North and South America, as the dark-brown Kinosternon subrubrum, of the U.S.

Origin of mud turtle

1
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

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mud turtle

noun
  1. any of various small turtles of the genus Kinosternon and related genera that inhabit muddy rivers in North and Central America: family Kinosternidae

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