💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Soft shell turtle"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| trionyx | a genus of softshell turtles belonging to the family Trionychidae. |
| soft-shelled turtlenoun | Alternative form of soft-shell turtle. [Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.] |
| mailnoun | (now regional) A bag or wallet. |
| chickennoun | (countable) A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus). |
| footnoun | A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. |
| pancake turtlenoun | voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites |
| lyrenoun | (music) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke. |
| clamnoun | A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. |
| armornoun | (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| shieldnoun | Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. |
| crabnoun | Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. |
| carapacenoun | A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal. |
| plastronnoun | (zoology) The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace. |
| scutenoun | (zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles. |
| calipeenoun | A food of the yellowish material found inside the lower half of a turtle's carapace (shell). |
| luthnoun | The leatherback (turtle). |
| steamernoun | (cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming. |
| tortoiseshellnoun | A domestic cat (or a rabbit, guinea-pig, etc.) whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings. |
| box tortoisenoun | chiefly terrestrial turtle of north america; shell can be closed tightly |
| box turtlenoun | A turtle of the genera Terrapene (the North American box turtles), Cuora, or Pyxidea (the Asian box turtles), characterised by having a domed shell that is hinged at the bottom, allowing the animal to close its shell tightly to escape predators. |
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