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PANCAKE TURTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pancake turtle mean?
• PANCAKE TURTLE (noun)
The noun PANCAKE TURTLE has 1 sense:
1. voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites
Familiarity information: PANCAKE TURTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
pancake turtle; soft-shelled turtle
Hypernyms ("pancake 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 "pancake turtle"):
spiny softshell; Trionyx spiniferus (river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water)
smooth softshell; Trionyx muticus (river turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water)
Holonyms ("pancake turtle" is a member of...):
family Trionychidae; Trionychidae (soft-shelled turtles)
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