TERRAPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does terrapin mean? 

• TERRAPIN (noun)
  The noun TERRAPIN has 1 sense:

1. any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water

  Familiarity information: TERRAPIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERRAPIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("terrapin" 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 "terrapin"):

diamondback terrapin; Malaclemys centrata (of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States)

Holonyms ("terrapin" is a member of...):

Emydidae; family Emydidae (box and water turtles)