English Explanatory Dictionary

box turtle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

box turtle box turtles box-turtle

Synonyms

box tortoise

Derived words

Asian box turtle Chinese three-banded box turtle Chinese three-striped box turtle three-toed box turtle amboina box turtle Chinese box turtle Coahuilan box turtle common box turtle desert box turtle eastern box turtle Florida box turtle Gulf Coast box turtle Indo-Chinese box turtle Indochinese box turtle keeled box turtle McCord's box turtle Mexican box turtle ornate box turtle Pan's box turtle spotted box turtle three-banded box turtle three-lined box turtle three-striped box turtle western box turtle yellow-headed box turtle Yucatan box turtle Yunnan box turtle Zhou's box turtle
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