snapping turtle

English

Alternative forms

• snapping-turtle

Noun

snapping turtle (plural snapping turtles)

1. Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap.

Synonyms

• snapper

Derived terms

• alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
• Australian snapping turtles (Elseya spp.)
• common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
• South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris)
• Central American snapping turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)

Translations

turtle of the family Chelydridae

Catalan: tortuga mossegadora f Chinese: Mandarin: 鱷龜 / 鳄龟 (èguī) Dutch: bijtschildpad (nl) Finnish: näykkijäkilpikonna (fi) German: Alligatorschildkröte (de) f Irish: turtar sclamhach m Korean: 늑대거북 (neukdaegeobuk) Navajo: tsisteeł hashkéhé Ojibwe: mikinaak Polish: skorpucha jaszczurowata f Portuguese: tartaruga-mordedora f Russian: кайма́новая черепа́ха (ru) f (kajmánovaja čerepáxa) Spanish: tortuga mordedora

References

• snapping turtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “snapping turtle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.