MUD TURTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mud turtle mean? 

• MUD TURTLE (noun)
  The noun MUD TURTLE has 1 sense:

1. bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America

  Familiarity information: MUD TURTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUD TURTLE (noun)

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Meaning:

Bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mud turtle" is a kind of...):

turtle (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mud turtle"):

musk turtle; stinkpot (small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor)

Holonyms ("mud turtle" is a member of...):

genus Kinosternon; Kinosternon (type genus of the Kinosternidae)