the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Emydidae (freshwater turtles) > chrysemys scripta elegans or red-ear turtle (4)
an American pond slider of the subspecies Trachemys scripta elegans, having a red stripe behind the eye.
In full redear turtle. = red-eared turtle n. at red-eared, adj.2 compounds.
(also red-eared slider turtle) = red-eared turtle n.