单词 | softback turtle |
释义 | > as lemmassoftback turtle 1. U.S. A softshell turtle of the genus Apalone (formerly Trionyx). Also more fully softback turtle. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > member of family Trionychidae (soft-shell) mud turtle1756 softshell turtle1804 soft tortoise1821 mud terrapin1829 softshell1830 softback1832 Trionyx1835 potamian1851 1832 T. P. Lockwood Geogr. S.-Carolina 132 Of the shell kind [of fish] are, the soft back turtle,..and stinking-terrapin. 1859 P. H. Gosse Lett. from Alabama 99 Another Tortoise of even greater size and equal ferocity is the Soft-back (Trionyx ferox). 2009 J. Carnegie In Different League 47 Being as well protected as a soft-back turtle, I soon came to regret this unsound decision. < as lemmas |
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