TERRAPENE ORNATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Terrapene ornata mean? 

• TERRAPENE ORNATA (noun)
  The noun TERRAPENE ORNATA has 1 sense:

1. primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico

  Familiarity information: TERRAPENE ORNATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERRAPENE ORNATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Terrapene ornata; Western box turtle

Hypernyms ("Terrapene ornata" is a kind of...):

box tortoise; box turtle (chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly)