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terrapin

DEFINITIONS OF: terrapin

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n any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water

Types:
Malaclemys centrata, diamondback terrapin
of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States
Type of:
turtle
any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
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