Kinosternon

noun

type genus of the Kinosternidae

• Syn: ↑genus Kinosternon

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Kinosternidae, ↑family Kinosternidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mud turtle

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Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from kin- + Greek sternon breast — more at sternum

: a genus (the type of the family Kinosternidae) of No. American freshwater turtles distinguished by fully hinged plastral lobes capable of completely closing the shell