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box turtle

DEFINITIONS OF: box turtle

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n chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly

Synonyms:
box tortoise
Types:
Terrapene ornata, Western box turtle
primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico
Type of:
turtle
any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
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