| turtle | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. polo-neck, turtle, turtleneck | a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar. |
| ~ t-shirt, tee shirt, jersey | a close-fitting pullover shirt. |
| ~ sweater, jumper | a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body. |
| ~ polo-neck collar, turtleneck collar | a high close-fitting turnover collar. |
| n. (animal) | 2. turtle | any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming. |
| ~ chelonian, chelonian reptile | a reptile of the order Chelonia. |
| ~ marine turtle, sea turtle | any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas. |
| ~ snapping turtle | large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws. |
| ~ mud turtle | bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America. |
| ~ terrapin | any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water. |
| ~ pseudemys rubriventris, red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle, redbelly | freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell. |
| ~ pseudemys scripta, yellow-bellied terrapin, slider | freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets. |
| ~ cooter, pseudemys concinna, river cooter | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico. |
| ~ box tortoise, box turtle | chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly. |
| ~ chrysemys picta, painted terrapin, painted tortoise, painted turtle | freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States. |
| ~ tortoise | usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica. |
| ~ pancake turtle, soft-shelled turtle | voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites. |
| ~ carapace, cuticle, shell, shield | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles. |
| ~ plastron | (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside. |
| v. (motion) | 3. capsize, turn turtle, turtle | overturn accidentally.; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" |
| ~ overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over | turn from an upright or normal position.; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" |
| v. (competition) | 4. turtle | hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation. |
| ~ hunt, hunt down, track down, run | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).; "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" |
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