单词 | turtle |
释义 | turtle (once / 764 pages) 1nv 2v 3n WORD FAMILY turtle: turtled, turtler, turtles, turtling+/turtler: turtlers USAGE EXAMPLESHe lost the turtle momentarily, then circled back. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) A Navajo, he said, strives for hozho — balance — in a world where canyons, coyotes, the sky and turtles are considered equally alive. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “Salty” was released after the Carters, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren toured The Turtle Hospital. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming Hypo|Hyper marine turtle, sea turtle any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas snapping turtlelarge aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws mud turtlebottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America terrapinany of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water Pseudemys rubriventris, red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle, redbellyfreshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell Pseudemys scripta, slider, yellow-bellied terrapinfreshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets Pseudemys concinna, cooter, river cooterlarge river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico box tortoise, box turtlechiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly Chrysemys picta, painted terrapin, painted tortoise, painted turtlefreshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States tortoiseusually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica pancake turtle, soft-shelled turtlevoracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites Chelonia mydas, green turtlelarge tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup Caretta caretta, loggerhead, loggerhead turtlevery large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas ridleya marine turtle Eretmochelys imbricata, hawkbill, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtlepugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback, leatherback turtle, leathery turtlewide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle Chelydra serpentina, common snapping turtle, snapperlarge-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite Macroclemys temmincki, alligator snapper, alligator snapping turtlelarge species having three ridges on its back; found in southeastern United States musk turtle, stinkpotsmall freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor Malaclemys centrata, diamondback terrapinof marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States Terrapene ornata, Western box turtleprimarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico European tortoise, Testudo graecasmall land tortoise of southern Europe giant tortoisevery large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands Gopherus polypemus, gopher, gopher tortoise, gopher turtleburrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America Gopherus agassizii, desert tortoiseburrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates Texas tortoiseclose relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates Trionyx spiniferus, spiny softshellriver turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water Trionyx muticus, smooth softshellriver turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water chelonian, chelonian reptile a reptile of the order Chelonia 2v hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation 2Hyper hunt, hunt down, run, track down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) v overturn accidentally 3Syn|Hyper capsize, turn turtle overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over turn from an upright or normal position n a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar Syn|Hyper polo-neck, turtleneck T-shirt, jersey, tee shirt a close-fitting pullover shirt jumper, sweatera crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body |
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