HyperDic: soft-shelled_turtle

English > 1 sense of the expression soft-shelled turtle:
NOUNanimalsoft-shelled turtle, pancake turtlevoracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin
English > soft-shelled turtle: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningvoracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful / painful bites.
Synonympancake turtle
Member ofTrionychidae, family Trionychidaesoft-shelled turtles
Narrowersmooth softshell, Trionyx muticusriver turtle of Mississippi basin
spiny softshell, Trionyx spiniferusriver turtle of western United States with a warty shell
BroaderturtleAny of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming / swimming

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