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Meanings of freshwater turtle in English

Portuguese
terrapin
Spanish
tortuga de agua dulce

Group of turtle species.

        terrapin
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        Examples for "terrapin"
        Examples for "terrapin"
        1
        Visit to Will Barbee's diamond-back terrapin farm on the Isle of Hope.
        The new yorker
        2
        His only approach to invidious comment was in regard to the terrapin.
        A Border Ruffian / 1891
        3
        The cooter is the terrapin, and a very expert boatman he is.
        Letters of a Traveller; Or, Notes of Things Seen in Europe and A...
        4
        This shell-fish comes from the South, Baltimore being the great terrapin market.
        Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
        5
        Years ago, every hotel featured green-turtle soup; no banquet was complete without terrapin.
        The new yorker
        Usage of freshwater turtle in English
        1
        The species of freshwater turtle is regarded in Cambodia as a "high status" food.
        News.com.au
        2
        The freshwater turtle of the Amazon, of which there are various species, is one of the most useful of reptiles.
        Martin Rattler
        3
        The freshwater turtle, dubbed Aurorachelys, was an Asian species that researchers believe migrated across the North Pole 90 million years ago as temperatures were peaking.
        Wired
        4
        Isotope values from freshwater turtles added another kind of data.
        Wired
        5
        However, the hindlimb has previously been viewed as the dominant propulsive organ in swimming freshwater turtles.
        Pubmed
        6
        Colombian police have rescued 2,000 freshwater turtles from a smuggling ring.
        BBC
        7
        According to the paper, an alarming 50% of all freshwater turtles are close to extinction, possibly because they are traded on international markets.
        The Guardian
        Translations for freshwater turtle
        Portuguese
        terrapin