mud turtle
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.
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How to use mud turtle in a sentence
As a child, she often went canoeing and fishing and excelled at mud turtle catch and release.
So they hurried away, for the gold fish whispered that the mud turtle was always cross when he ate.
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. GarisI don't believe the mud turtle is fairy prince, but I don't want to see him hurt.
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. GarisThe boy finally did take the hook out, not hurting the mud-turtle any more than he could help, for he was not a bad boy.
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. GarisThen Alice went right up to the mud turtle and said: "O fairy prince, art thou much hurt?"
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. Garis
"Maybe you will believe that I am a fairy now," said the mud turtle to Jimmie, and Jimmie said he would.
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. Garis
British Dictionary definitions for mud turtle
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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