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terrapin (encz) | terrapin,sladkovodní želva n: Zdeněk Brož |
Terrapin (gcide) | Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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terrapin (wn) | terrapin
n 1: any of various edible North American web-footed turtles
living in fresh or brackish water |
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diamondback terrapin (encz) | diamondback terrapin, n: |
painted terrapin (encz) | painted terrapin, n: |
red-bellied terrapin (encz) | red-bellied terrapin, n: |
terrapin (encz) | terrapin,sladkovodní želva n: Zdeněk Brož |
yellow-bellied terrapin (encz) | yellow-bellied terrapin, n: |
Alligator terrapin (gcide) | Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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Mud terrapin (gcide) | Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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Painted terrapin (gcide) | Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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Salt-marsh terrapin (gcide) | Salt \Salt\, a. [Compar. Salter; superl. Saltest.] [AS.
sealt, salt. See Salt, n.]
1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt;
prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted;
as, salt beef; salt water. "Salt tears." --Chaucer.
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2. Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt
marsh; salt grass.
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3. Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
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I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me. --Shak.
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4. Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. --Shak.
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Salt acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid.
Salt block, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt
factory. --Knight.
Salt bottom, a flat piece of ground covered with saline
efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett.
Salt cake (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of
sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the
first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to
Leblanc's process.
Salt fish.
(a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar
fishes that have been salted and dried for food.
(b) A marine fish.
Salt garden, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of
sea water for the production of salt, employing large
shallow basins excavated near the seashore.
Salt gauge, an instrument used to test the strength of
brine; a salimeter.
Salt horse, salted beef. [Slang]
Salt junk, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang]
Salt lick. See Lick, n.
Salt marsh, grass land subject to the overflow of salt
water.
Salt-marsh caterpillar (Zool.), an American bombycid moth
(Spilosoma acraea which is very destructive to the
salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly
bear}. See Illust. under Moth, Pupa, and {Woolly
bear}, under Woolly.
Salt-marsh fleabane (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb
(Pluchea camphorata) with rayless purplish heads,
growing in salt marshes.
Salt-marsh hen (Zool.), the clapper rail. See under Rail.
Salt-marsh terrapin (Zool.), the diamond-back.
Salt mine, a mine where rock salt is obtained.
Salt pan.
(a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also,
a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is
evaporated by the heat of the sun.
(b) pl. Salt works.
Salt pit, a pit where salt is obtained or made.
Salt rising, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a
principal ingredient. [U.S.]
Salt raker, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or
inclosures from the sea.
Salt sedative (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.]
Salt spring, a spring of salt water.
Salt tree (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron
argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian
region and in Siberia.
Salt water, water impregnated with salt, as that of the
ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also,
tears.
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Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see;
And yet salt water blinds them not so much
But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak.
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Salt-water sailor, an ocean mariner.
Salt-water tailor. (Zool.) See Bluefish.
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Speckled terrapin (gcide) | Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
[1913 Webster]
Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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diamondback terrapin (wn) | diamondback terrapin
n 1: of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States
[syn: diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys centrata] |
painted terrapin (wn) | painted terrapin
n 1: freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings;
common in the eastern United States [syn: painted turtle,
painted terrapin, painted tortoise, Chrysemys picta] |
red-bellied terrapin (wn) | red-bellied terrapin
n 1: freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red
markings on the lower shell [syn: red-bellied terrapin,
red-bellied turtle, redbelly, Pseudemys rubriventris] |
terrapin (wn) | terrapin
n 1: any of various edible North American web-footed turtles
living in fresh or brackish water |
yellow-bellied terrapin (wn) | yellow-bellied terrapin
n 1: freshwater turtle of United States and South America;
frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
[syn: slider, yellow-bellied terrapin, {Pseudemys
scripta}] |
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