单词 | spotted turtle |
释义 | > as lemmasspotted turtle spotted turtle n. [probably after scientific Latin Testudo punctata (1792)] a small freshwater turtle native to eastern North America, Clemmys guttata (family Emydidae), having a smooth black carapace with a varying number of small yellow spots, and a dark head, neck, and limbs which may also be spotted.Also called spotted tortoise. ΚΠ 1827 Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6 25 Emys punctata... Vulgo, Spotted turtle... Shell blackish, with remote bright, yellow, round spots. 1972 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. e12/2 Little spotted turtles sun themselves on old logs and slip quietly into the water when anyone appears. 2005 R. W. Tiner In Search of Swampland (ed. 2) vi. 88 (caption) The spotted turtle is found in a variety of wetlands from marshes and wet meadows to forested wetlands and bogs. < as lemmas |
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