soft-shell turtle

See also: softshell turtle

English

Noun

soft-shell turtle (plural soft-shell turtles)

1. Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.

Derived terms

• black soft-shell turtle
• Chinese soft-shelled turtle
• Florida softshell turtle
• Nagpur soft-shell turtle
• spiny softshell turtle
• wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle

Translations

Any turtle of the family Trionychidae

• Dakota: kezoŋta
• Korean: 자라 (ko) (jara)
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• Navajo: chʼééh digháhii bitsʼaʼ yilzhólí
• Thai: ตะพาบ (dtà-pâap)
• Vietnamese: ba ba (vi)