单词 | roofed turtle |
释义 | > as lemmasroofed turtle roofed turtle n. any of several South Asian freshwater turtles of the genus Batagur (formerly Kachuga) (family Geoemydidae), having a ridge along the middle of the shell; esp. B. tecta of India. ΚΠ 1957 A. D. Cruickshank et al. Hunting with Camera iii. 92 (caption) Roofed Turtle, a species from Southeast Asia, eyeing the landscape of the New York Zoological Garden. 1986 T. R. Halliday & K. Adler Encycl. Reptiles & Amphibians 80 A similar shelf is also present in certain herbivorous species (e.g...roofed turtles). 2007 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 24 Jan. Started from the scratch in 2001 with two pairs of roofed turtles, the project has achieved considerable success with 22 hatchlings in 2005 alone. < as lemmas |
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