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Trionyx :: Trionyx (n.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle..

Turtle-shell :: Turtle-shell (n.) The turtle cowrie.

Turtle :: Turtle (n.) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

Chelone :: Chelone (n.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc..

Bill :: Bill (n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal..

Snapper :: Snapper (n.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper..

Turtle :: Turtle (n.) The turtledove.

Hypoplastron :: Hypoplastron (n.) The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.

Turtling :: Turtling (n.) The act, practice, or art of catching turtles..

Nuchal :: Nuchal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles..

Epiplastron :: Epiplastron (n.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.

Turtle :: Turtle (n.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian..

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle..

Stinkstone :: Stinkpot (n.) The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk..

Turtlehead :: Turtlehead (n.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony..

Sea Turtle :: Sea turtle () The sea pigeon, or guillemot..

Hyosternal :: Hyosternal (a.) Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.

Testudinata :: Testudinata (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates..

Turtler :: Turtler (n.) One who catches turtles or tortoises.

Carapace :: Carapace (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals..

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