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TERRAPINS |
Turtles |
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LOGGERHEADS |
Types of turtles |
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NINJA |
Teenage Mutant ... Turtles |
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NAB |
Get The Turtles off the turntables |
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TURTLER |
One who catches turtles or tortoises. |
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HYOSTERNAL |
Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles. |
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TURTLING |
The act, practice, or art of catching turtles. |
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BEAK |
A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. |
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PLASTRON |
The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See
Testudinata. |
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ENTOPLASTRON |
The median plate of the plastron of turtles; --
called also entosternum. |
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HYOPASTRON |
The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; --
called also hyosternum. |
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EPIPLASTRON |
One of the first pair of lateral plates in the
plastron of turtles. |
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HYPOPLASTRON |
The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles;
-- called also hyposternum. |
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FLIPPER |
A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals,
sea turtles, whales, etc. |
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XIPHIPLASTRON |
The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the
plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum. |
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PLURODERES |
A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck
can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The
matamata is an example. |
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NEST |
Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as
insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which
young animals are reared. |
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NUCHAL |
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape,
of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the
carapace of turtles. |
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TRIONYX |
A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the
shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They
are noted for th... |
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DICYNODONT |
One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws
armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon,
supporting also a pair o... |
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TESTUDINATA |
An order of reptiles which includes the turtles
and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or
dorsal shell, called th... |
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CHELONIA |
An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and
turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum
united with the dermal... |