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BOX TORTOISE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly

Synonyms:

box tortoise; box turtle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("box tortoise" 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 "box tortoise"):

Terrapene ornata; Western box turtle (primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico)

Holonyms ("box tortoise" is a member of...):

genus Terrapene; Terrapene (box turtles)

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