diamondback terrapin

diamondback terrapin
noun
of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States
Hypernyms: ↑terrapin
Member Holonyms: ↑Malaclemys, ↑genus Malaclemys

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noun
: any of several terrapins constituting a genus Malaclemys and formerly widely distributed in salt marshes along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Buzzards Bay southward but now exterminated from much of the northern part of their range — see terrapin illustration

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any of several edible turtles of the genus Malaclemys, found in tidewaters of the eastern and southern U.S., having diamond-shaped markings on the back.
[1875-80]

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diamondback terrapin,
an edible turtle that has diamond-shaped markings on its shell. It lives in salt marshes along the North American coast of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

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