box_tortoise (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *box tortoise*:
NOUN	animal	box tortoise, box turtle	chiefly terrestrial / terrestrial turtle of North America

English > *box tortoise*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	chiefly terrestrial / terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly.
Synonym	box turtle
Member of	Terrapene, genus Terrapene	box turtles
Narrower	Western box turtle, Terrapene ornata	primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico
Broader	turtle	Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming / swimming

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