Turtle

Theme list: turtle with definitions

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FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	BILL	SY	[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 16] The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
—	CARET	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).
—	SCUTE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
S	COOTER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
—	NOODLE	DS	[v. -DLED, -DLING°, -DLES] [Wiktionary - Sense 24] To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
—	RIDLEY	S	[n. -LEYS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
—	TURTLE	DRS	[v. -TLED, -TLING°, -TLES] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
—	CALIPEE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A food of the yellowish material found inside the lower half of a turtle's carapace (shell).
S	COOTERS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
—	FLIPPER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
—	PLEURAL	—	[n. -RAE or -RAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] An internal segment of the turtle carapace.
—	REPTILE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc.
—	RIDLEYS	—	[n. -LEYS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
—	SNAPPER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 9] The snapping turtle.
—	TURTLED	—	[v. -TLED, -TLING°, -TLES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] simple past and past participle of turtle
—	TURTLER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One who fishes for turtles or tortoises.
—	TURTLES	—	[v. -TLED, -TLING°, -TLES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of turtle
—	CALIPASH	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The edible greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtle's carapace (shell).
—	CALIPEES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A food of the yellowish material found inside the lower half of a turtle's carapace (shell).
—	CALLIPEE	S	[n. -S] · calipee «an edible part of a turtle» / ----- { calipee callipee § calipees callipees }
—	HAWKBILL	S	[n. -S] · a sea turtle
—	PLASTRAL	—	[n. -S] · a part of the shell of a turtle - PLASTRAL [a.] / ----- { plastron plastrum § plastrons plastrums § plastral }
—	PLASTRON	S	[n. -S] · a part of the shell of a turtle - PLASTRAL [a.] / ----- { plastron plastrum § plastrons plastrums § plastral }
—	PLASTRUM	S	[n. -S] · plastron «a part of the shell of a turtle» / ----- { plastron plastrum § plastrons plastrums § plastral }
—	TERRAPIN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.
—	TORTOISE	S	[n. -S] · any of an order of reptiles having the body enclosed in a bony shell
—	TURTLERS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of turtler
—	TURTLING	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The hunting of turtles (the reptiles).
—	CALLIPEES	—	[n. -S] · calipee «an edible part of a turtle» / ----- { calipee callipee § calipees callipees }
—	CHELONIAN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of, relating to, or belonging to the order Chelonia (Testudines), which includes the turtles and tortoises.
—	HATCHLING	S	[n. -S] · a young animal that has newly emerged from an egg
—	HAWKBILLS	—	[n. -S] · a sea turtle
—	HAWKSBILL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
—	PLASTRONS	—	[n. -S] · a part of the shell of a turtle - PLASTRAL [a.] / ----- { plastron plastrum § plastrons plastrums § plastral }
—	PLASTRUMS	—	[n. -S] · plastron «a part of the shell of a turtle» / ----- { plastron plastrum § plastrons plastrums § plastral }
—	TURTLINGS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of turtling
—	CALIPASHES	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The edible greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtle's carapace (shell).
—	DICYNODONT	S	[n. -S] · © one of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon~, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa~ and India~
—	HAWKSBILLS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
—	MOSSBACKED	—	[a.] · Derivative of mossback «an old turtle, shellfish, etc~, that has a growth of algae on its back»
—	TURTLEBACK	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Anything having the shape of a turtle's back (that is, its shell).
—	TURTLEHEAD	S	[n. -S] · © an American~ perennial herb «Chelone~ glabra~» having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony~
—	TURTLENECK	S	[n. -S] · a round high close-fitting neck on a sweater or the sweater itself
—	DIAMONDBACK	S	[n. -S] · Also called: diamondback terrapin, diamondback turtle. any edible North American~ terrapin of the genus Malaclemys~, esp~ M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae~
—	DICYNODONTS	—	[n. -S] · © one of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon~, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa~ and India~
—	HYDROMEDUSA	E	[n. -SAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The South American snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera).
—	LEATHERBACK	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of species Dermochelys coriacea, of large sea turtles, with leathery backs.
—	TURTLEHEADS	—	[n. -S] · © an American~ perennial herb «Chelone~ glabra~» having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony~
—	DIAMONDBACKS	—	[n. -S] · Also called: diamondback terrapin, diamondback turtle. any edible North American~ terrapin of the genus Malaclemys~, esp~ M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae~
—	LEATHERBACKS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of species Dermochelys coriacea, of large sea turtles, with leathery backs.
—	TORTOISESHELL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.
—	TORTOISESHELLS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.

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