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TERRAPENE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Box turtles

Synonyms:

genus Terrapene; Terrapene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Terrapene"):

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

Holonyms ("Terrapene" is a member of...):

Emydidae; family Emydidae (box and water turtles)

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