单词 | alligator tortoise |
释义 | > as lemmasalligator tortoise alligator tortoise n. = alligator turtle n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Chelydridae > member of (snapping-turtle) snapping tortoise1784 snapper1796 alligator turtle1798 alligator tortoise1801 1801–2 F. M. Daudin Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles II. 101 La tortue serpentine est nommée dans la Caroline alligator tortoise (tortue alligator). 1827 R. Harlan Genera North Amer. Reptilia 81 Chelonura serpentina... Vulgo, Snapping turtle, or Logger-head, of the middle states. Alligator tortoise, of the southern states. 1907 Badminton Mag. July 34 We added to our bag a number of flying squirrels, a black iguana, and a curious, ungainly creature known as the alligator tortoise. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 13 Aug. 18 Frankfurt police captured a 25-kg alligator tortoise that had been terrorising the city's sunbathers on the banks of the river Main. < as lemmas |
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