NOUN | animal | pancake turtle, soft-shelled turtle | voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin |
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Meaning | voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful / painful bites. | |
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Synonym | soft-shelled turtle | |
Member of | Trionychidae, family Trionychidae | soft-shelled turtles |
Narrower | smooth softshell, Trionyx muticus | river turtle of Mississippi basin |
spiny softshell, Trionyx spiniferus | river turtle of western United States with a warty shell | |
Broader | turtle | Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming / swimming |
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