spotted terrapin
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Mexican Spotted Terrapin — Taxobox name = Mexican Spotted Terrapin status = NT status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Testudines familia = Bataguridae genus = Rhinoclemmys species = R. rubida binomial = Rhinoclemmys rubida… … Wikipedia
spotted turtle — noun also spotted terrapin or spotted tortoise : a small American freshwater tortoise (Clemmys guttata) having a blackish carapace on which are scattered round yellow spots … Useful english dictionary
spotted turtle — Terrapin Ter ra*pin, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also {terapin}, {terrapen}, {terrapene}, {turpen},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Terrapin — Ter ra*pin, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also {terapin}, {terrapen}, {terrapene}, {turpen}, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spotted turtle — Conservation status … Wikipedia
Spotted tortoise — Tortoise Tor toise, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mexican spotted wood turtle — Conservation status Near Threatened … Wikipedia
Alligator terrapin — Terrapin Ter ra*pin, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also {terapin}, {terrapen}, {terrapene}, {turpen},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mud terrapin — Terrapin Ter ra*pin, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also {terapin}, {terrapen}, {terrapene}, {turpen},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Painted terrapin — Terrapin Ter ra*pin, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also {terapin}, {terrapen}, {terrapene}, {turpen},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
