单词 | alligator turtle |
释义 | > as lemmasalligator turtle alligator turtle n. (a) either of the two North American snapping turtles (family Chelydridae), which have long crested tails resembling that of an alligator; esp. the common snapping turtle of eastern North America, Chelydra serpentina, which has a long neck and a ridged carapace; (b) = alligator snapping turtle n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Chelydridae > member of (snapping-turtle) snapping tortoise1784 snapper1796 alligator turtle1798 alligator tortoise1801 1798 in W. Dunbar Life, Lett. & Papers (1930) 92 One of them is called the Alligator Turtle on account of his overgrown head and tail being covered with a species of scales resembling those which form the armour of the Crocodile. 1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iii. 8 The Snapping Turtle..is one of our largest turtles... In other sections, it is known under the names of Logger-head, Alligator Turtle and Couta. 1874 S. Tenney & A. A. Tenney Nat. Hist. Animals (ed. 7) p. xi (table) Macroclemmys or Alligator Turtle. 1905 A. Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. II. 413 Chelydra..the snapping turtle, edible. Macroclemmys..allitagor-turtle. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 770 Among the worst of bites must be ranked those of some of the turtles, like the snapping turtle.., and the alligator turtle of the Mississippi, which can bite off a piece of plank more than an inch thick. 2009 Harris County Jrnl. (Nexis) 29 Oct. He then read a poem about the alligator turtle, observed in the creek on his farm. < as lemmas |
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