turtle | any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming |
sea turtle marine turtle | any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers, widely distributed in warm seas |
green turtle Chelonia mydas | large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup |
loggerhead loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta | very large carnivorous sea turtle, wideanging in warm open seas |
Atlantic ridley bastard ridley bastard turtle Lepidochelys kempii | grey sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America |
hawksbill turtle hawksbill hawkbill tortoiseshell turtle Eretmochelys imbricata | pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak, source of food and the best tortoiseshell |
leatherback turtle leatherback leathery turtle Dermochelys coriacea | wideanging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace, largest living turtle |
snapping turtle | large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws |
common snapping turtle snapper Chelydra serpentina | large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water, prone to bite |
alligator snapping turtle alligator snapper Macroclemys temmincki | large species having three ridges on its back, found in southeastern United States |
mud turtle | bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America |
musk turtle stinkpot | small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor |
red-bellied terrapin red-bellied turtle redbelly Pseudemys rubriventris | freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell |
box turtle box tortoise | chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America, shell can be closed tightly |
Western box turtle Terrapene ornata | primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico |
painted turtle painted terrapin painted tortoise Chrysemys picta | freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings, common in the eastern United States |
gopher tortoise gopher turtle gopher Gopherus polypemus | burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America |
soft-shelled turtle pancake turtle | voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin, can inflict painful bites |
turtleneck turtle polo-neck | a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar |
mock turtle soup | soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of green turtle soup |
turtle soup green turtle soup | soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles |
black bean turtle bean | black-seeded bean of South America, usually dried |
turtle | hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation |
capsize turtle turn turtle | overturn accidentally, Don't rock the boat or it will capsize! |