side-necked turtle

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side-necked turtle noun

Any turtle of the family Pelomedusidae, characterised by protecting its head by turning it to one side rather than, as other turtles do, withdrawing it into its shell.

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sideneck snake-necked turtle soft-shell turtle pelomedusid softshell turtle soft-shelled turtle pond turtle podocnemidid leaf turtle platysternid cheloniid soft tortoise elodian snapping turtle pleurodire matamata turtle

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