SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soft-shelled turtle mean? 

• SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE (noun)
  The noun SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE has 1 sense:

1. voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites

  Familiarity information: SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pancake turtle; soft-shelled turtle

Hypernyms ("soft-shelled turtle" is a kind of...):

turtle (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soft-shelled turtle"):

spiny softshell; Trionyx spiniferus (river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water)

smooth softshell; Trionyx muticus (river turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water)

Holonyms ("soft-shelled turtle" is a member of...):

family Trionychidae; Trionychidae (soft-shelled turtles)