单词 | soft-shelled turtle |
释义 | soft-shelled turtle (once / 1969886 pages) n WORD FAMILY soft-shelled turtle USAGE EXAMPLESDangling from the end was a live soft-shelled turtle as big as a dinner platter. Los Angeles Times(Mar 27, 2016) They urge people not to release non-native animals into the wild, and to report any sightings of the soft-shelled turtle. Washington Times(Sep 13, 2015) A new subspecies of soft-shelled turtle from the central United States, with comments on the application of the name Amyda. Webb, Robert G., Description of a New Softshell Turt...(2010) n voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites Syn|Hypo|Hyper pancake turtle Trionyx spiniferus, spiny softshell river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water Trionyx muticus, smooth softshellriver turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water turtle any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming |
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