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freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
• Syn: ↑red-bellied terrapin, ↑redbelly, ↑Pseudemys rubriventris
• Hypernyms: ↑turtle
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudemys, ↑genus Pseudemys
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/red"bel'eed/
any of several freshwater turtles of the genus Pseudemys, of the eastern and southern U.S., having red markings on the lower shell.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.