soft-shell turtle

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Noun

soft-shell turtle noun

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

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softshell turtle soft-shelled turtle soft tortoise softshell trionychian potamian trionychid shell side-necked turtle tortoise tortoise shell tortoise-shell leathery turtle trionychoid leaf turtle testudinoid

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