Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
rivertortoise .
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Examples
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In the afternoon we got an elderly toucan, a piranha, and a reasonably edible sidenecked river-turtle; so we had fresh meat again.
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Therefore all the wild elephants to-night will -- but why should I waste wisdom on a river-turtle? "
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Therefore all the wild elephants to-night will -- but why should I waste wisdom on a river-turtle? "
The Jungle Book. 1893
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