Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The slider, or red-bellied terrapin. See slider, 2.
Examples
“Jack Wonnell obediently made a few turns on the windlass, and as the bag came up, two terrapin of the then common diamond-back variety rolled on the deck, and a skilpot.”
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Ponderable Zoological Names
Wordplay and humor abound in the names and naming of organisms. I believe this sort of play is a distinctly human quality.
Herein I list playful names of organisms that inspire delight...Bambiraptor, Godzillius, Dalailama, Ia io, Cartwrightia cart..., Mops mops, Dives dives dives, Lactarius nonfungus, Lactarius nonpiscis, Achelousaurus hor..., Vini vidivici, Panama canalia and 999 more...
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Turtles
ellachick, chelopus, speckled terrapin, tortoise, terrapin, slider, spotted tortoise, chelonian, carapace, plastron, testudinate, pleurospondylian and 60 more...
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hernesheir From the Dutch word for turtle, schildpad. Jan 8, 2013