mud turtle

American  

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.

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mud turtle British  

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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Etymology

Origin of mud turtle

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

Michael Van Nostrand, his company, Strictly Reptiles Inc. of Davie, Florida, established network of “collectors” who searched the Florida wilds for certain fresh-water turtle specimens, including the three-stripe mud turtle, the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Wiemer is now enough of a devotee that he’s tried to get New York state to put Sasquatch on its list of endangered species, alongside the mud turtle, the golden eagle and the cougar.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2015

Wiemer is now enough of a devotee that he's tried to get New York state to put Sasquatch on its list of endangered species, alongside the mud turtle, the golden eagle and the cougar.

From US News • Oct. 24, 2015

“I found a mud turtle on the riverbank, up by the asphalt road,” she told me.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015

The loss of the mud turtle is serious, for it was a rare kind, but there is something else missing.

From Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp by Chapman, Allen