soft-shelled turtle

soft-shelled turtle

n (Animals) any freshwater turtle of the family Trionychidae, having a flattened soft shell consisting of bony plates covered by a leathery skin

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soft-shelled turtle - voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bitespancake turtleturtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimmingfamily Trionychidae, Trionychidae - soft-shelled turtlesspiny softshell, Trionyx spiniferus - river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet watersmooth softshell, Trionyx muticus - river turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water