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单词 torup
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torupn.

Brit. /ˈtɔːrəp/, U.S. /ˈtɔrəp/
Forms: 1600s torope, 1800s torop, 1800s– torup.
Origin: Partly a borrowing from Virginia Algonquian. Probably partly a borrowing from a Southern New England Algonquian language. Etymon: Virginia Algonquian *tōrəp.
Etymology: Originally < (i) Virginia Algonquian *tōrəp sea turtle (attested in plural as towcuppewk (1612), apparently a transmission error for *towruppewk ), cognate with Munsee Delaware tóolpeew , Eastern Abenaki tòləpe , both denoting kinds of turtle. In later use (ii) probably re-borrowed independently from a cognate in a Southern New England Algonquian language of Long Island (compare Unquachog †tórəp sea turtle). Compare later terrapin n.1Unquachog was a Southern New England Algonquian language of Long Island.
Chiefly U.S.
Any of various North American snapping turtles; esp. the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.Quot. 1613: (perhaps) the diamond-backed terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Chelydridae > chelydra serpentina (alligator terrapin)
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1613 A. Whitaker Good Newes from Virginia 42 I have caught with mine angle pike, carpe, eele,..creafish, and the torope or little turtle.
1874 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 449/1 There were crabs to scoop and ducks to shoot, and..the enchanting possibility of catching a ‘torop’.
1882 Harper's Young People 25 July 619/1 The torups manifested their dissatisfaction by snapping viciously as the boys came near them.
1916 Copeia No. 33. 58 Mr. Harper and Mr. J. T. Nichols found a large carapace of a freshly-eaten torup in a rubbish heap.
1983 Outdoor Indiana June 23/1 The common snapping turtle, snake tortoise or torup is found south of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and west to the Rockies.
2009 D. Speir On the Beach Blog in whbqt.info (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 30 Nov. 2010) 11 Feb. As a kid growing up on Long Island, I was told that snapping turtles were ‘torupes’ or ‘toropes’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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