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TERRAPINS Turtles
LOGGERHEADS Large sea turtles
NAB Get The Turtles off the turntables
TURTLER One who catches turtles or tortoises.
HYOSTERNAL Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.
TURTLING The act, practice, or art of catching turtles.
BEAK A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
PLASTRON The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.
ENTOPLASTRON The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.
HYOPASTRON The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.
EPIPLASTRON One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
HYPOPLASTRON The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.
FLIPPER A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.
XIPHIPLASTRON The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum.
PLURODERES A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example.
NEST Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.
NUCHAL Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.
TRIONYX A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for th...
DICYNODONT One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair o...
TESTUDINATA An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called th...
CHELONIA An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal...
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