soft-shelled turtle

soft-shelled turtle
any of numerous aquatic turtles of the family Trionychidae, inhabiting North America, Asia, and Africa, having the shell covered with flexible, leathery skin instead of horny plates.
[1765-75]

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  • Soft-shelled turtle — Soft shell Soft shell , Soft shelled Soft shelled , a. Having a soft or fragile shell. [1913 Webster] {Soft shell clam} (Zo[ o]l.), the long clam. See {Mya}. {Soft shelled crab}. (Zo[ o]l.) See the Note under {Crab}, 1. {Soft shelled turtle}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soft-shelled turtle — ☆ soft shelled turtle n. any of a family (Trionychidae) of aquatic turtles of North America, Asia, and Africa, with a soft, oval, leathery shell; esp., a North American genus (Trionyx) common in the Mississippi drainage …   English World dictionary

  • soft-shelled turtle — noun A variant form of soft shell turtle …   Wiktionary

  • soft-shelled turtle — noun voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites • Syn: ↑pancake turtle • Hypernyms: ↑turtle • Hyponyms: ↑spiny softshell, ↑Trionyx spiniferus, ↑smooth softshell …   Useful english dictionary

  • soft-shelled turtle — /sɒft ʃɛld ˈtɜtl/ (say soft sheld tertl) noun any of various turtles of the family Trionychiadae, having a leathery shell overlying the bony carapace and plastron, instead of the usual one of horny plates. See leathery turtle …  

  • Malayan Soft-Shelled Turtle — Taxobox name = Malayan Soft Shelled Turtle status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Testudines familia = Trionychidae genus = Dogania species = D. subplana binomial = Dogania subplana… …   Wikipedia

  • Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle — Taxobox | name = Chinese Soft Shelled Turtle status = VU status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines familia = Trionychidae genus = Pelodiscus species = P. sinensis binomial = Pelodiscus… …   Wikipedia

  • Asiatic Soft Shelled Turtle — The Asiatic Soft Shelled Turtle (Trionyx sinensis) is a species of freshwater turtle found in Malaysia. Where the species first lived is not known, but now the species is being breed in a turtle farms and available for commercial use. Naturally,… …   Wikipedia

  • Wattle-necked Soft-shelled Turtle — Taxobox | name = Wattle Necked Soft Shelled Turtle status = EN | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines familia = Trionychidae genus = Palea species = P. steindachneri binomial = Palea… …   Wikipedia

  • White Soft-shelled Turtle — a character featured within the famed ancient Chinese novel Journey to the West. This ancient white turtle is an entity from Heaven that had performed ill deeds on accident and is now forced to roam around the eastern River of Heaven. After Sun… …   Wikipedia

  • soft-shelled turtle — noun see softshell …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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