英语词汇“box turtle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

box turtle n. any of various turtles having a shell that can be closed tightly to protect the limbs and head (typically by means of a hinged plastron); spec. (a) any of the land turtles of the North American genus Terrapene (family Emydidae), which have domed shells that can be closed completely, and are popular as pets; (b) any turtle of the Asian genus Cuora (family Geoemydidae), which typically have contrasting stripes on the shell or head.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Emydidae (freshwater turtles) > terrapene carolina (box-turtle)

box tortoise1790

box turtle1804

pine-barren terrapin1836

1804 Catal. Nat. Productions & Curiosities Coll. Cabinet Nat. Hist. 14 A small N[orth] A[merican] Box Turtle.

1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xxi. 272 Of land turtles, the species common to the Eastern States, the box turtle, is one of the most difficult to keep in a house.

2003 Wildlife Conservation Oct. 15 On the list is the Chinese three-striped box turtle, considered the ‘poster child’ of the turtle crisis.

单词	box turtle
释义	> as lemmas box turtle box turtle n. any of various turtles having a shell that can be closed tightly to protect the limbs and head (typically by means of a hinged plastron); spec. (a) any of the land turtles of the North American genus Terrapene (family Emydidae), which have domed shells that can be closed completely, and are popular as pets; (b) any turtle of the Asian genus Cuora (family Geoemydidae), which typically have contrasting stripes on the shell or head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Emydidae (freshwater turtles) > terrapene carolina (box-turtle) box tortoise1790 box turtle1804 pine-barren terrapin1836 1804 Catal. Nat. Productions & Curiosities Coll. Cabinet Nat. Hist. 14 A small N[orth] A[merican] Box Turtle. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xxi. 272 Of land turtles, the species common to the Eastern States, the box turtle, is one of the most difficult to keep in a house. 2003 Wildlife Conservation Oct. 15 On the list is the Chinese three-striped box turtle, considered the ‘poster child’ of the turtle crisis. extracted from boxn.² < as lemmas
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