box turtle

See also: box-turtle

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Noun

box turtle (plural box turtles)

  1. A turtle of the genus Terrapene (the North American box turtles), of Cuora or Pyxidea (the Asian box turtles), characterised by having a domed shell that is hinged at the bottom, allowing the animal to close its shell tightly to escape predators.

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Derived terms
terms derived from box turtle
  • amboina box turtle
  • Asian box turtle
  • Chinese box turtle
  • Coahuilan box turtle
  • common box turtle
  • desert box turtle
  • Eastern box turtle
  • Florida box turtle
  • Gulf Coast box turtle
  • Indo-Chinese box turtle, Indochinese box turtle
  • keeled box turtle
  • McCord's box turtle
  • Mexican box turtle
  • ornate box turtle
  • Pan's box turtle
  • spotted box turtle
  • three-banded box turtle
  • three-lined box turtle
  • three-striped box turtle
  • three-toed box turtle
  • Western box turtle
  • yellow-headed box turtle
  • Yucatan box turtle
  • Yunnan box turtle
  • Zhou's box turtle
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