| 单词 | alligator terrapin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalligator terrapin alligator terrapin n. now rare = alligator turtle n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Chelydridae > chelydra serpentina (alligator terrapin) torup1613 snapping-turtle1784 alligator terrapin1832 1832 T. P. Thomas Geogr. S. Carolina 132 Of the shell kind are, the soft back turtle, the aligator-terrapin or snapper, box, yellow-belly, and stinking-terrapin, and cray fish. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 458 The family of Chelydridæ includes freshwater tortoises, which are known under the names of Snappers or Alligator Terrapins. 1975 A. Kolodny Lay of Land iv. 125 His virtually incessant appetite is always and easily satisfied by frogs, fish, and alligator terrapin. < as lemmas |
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