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TERRAPIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("terrapin" is a kind of...):
turtle (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terrapin"):
diamondback terrapin; Malaclemys centrata (of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States)
Holonyms ("terrapin" is a member of...):
Emydidae; family Emydidae (box and water turtles)